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AIALosAngelesProudlyAnnouncesthe8thAnnualRestaurantDesignAwards

Jury

LosAngeles,CAMarch14,2012-AIALosAngelesisproudtoannouncethejuryfor the 8th Annual Restaurant Design Awards (RDA's). This year's diverse grouprepresentsthebestintheirfields,fromradiohost,achefandanarchitectthatwitheachjudgebringingtheirexpertiseandconsummatetastetothejudgingtable.Introducingthe8thAnnualRDAJury:

EvanKleiman-HostoftheKCRWRadioshow,GoodFood,Chef,RestaurateurandAuthor.EvanKleimanrenownedownerandexecutivechefofoneofLA'sfavoriterestaurants,AngeliCaffe,andbest-sellingauthorofnumerouscookbooks,including

"Cucina Fresca" and "Pasta Fresca," is host of Good Food. In addition to herrestaurantandwritingpursuits,KleimanalsoservesontheBoardofDirectorsoftheHollywood Farmers' Market and on the Board of Overseers of The Chef'sCollaborative2000--organizationswhich aredevoted toeducatingthepublic onissuesofsustainability.Shealsoholdsspecialtastings,teachesatherrestaurantandatlocalschools,andleadstravelprogramstoexperiencethecuisineofFranceandItaly.MarkRios,FAIA,FASLA- AsFoundingPrincipal,MarkRios,FAIA,FASLA,hasbeentheleaderofboththedesignandbusinessdirectionofRiosClementiHaleStudiossince first establishing the firm Rios Associates in 1985. Under his design

leadership,thefirmhasdevelopedaninternationalreputationfor itscollaborativeandmulti-disciplinaryapproach,establishinganaward-winningtraditionacrossanunprecedentedrangeofdesigndisciplines.Michael Voltaggio - winner of the Sixth Season of Top Chef, Bravo's cookingcompetition reality show, he currently is head chef and owner of ink. He has areputationforwhatcriticsheraldas"serious"foodthatisplayful,visuallystunningandflawlesslyexecuted.Hewasalsonamed"BestNewChef"byAngelenoMagazine

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in 2010, cementing a place within the Los Angeles culinary community. Mostrecently, GQ magazine named ink. the "Best New Restaurant in America" in theMarch2012issue-afterjustbeingopenforfivemonths.ClaimaspotinthecompetitionbyregisteringatherenolaterthanMonday

April 2, 2012 and then submit your required materials a month later byThursdayMay4,2012.

Entryfeesremainunchangedsinceyearoneoftheprogramat$75/entry forAIAmembersand$125/entryforNonmembers.Entrantswillbeeligibleforrecognitionin both the Jury and People's Choice awards categories and winners will beannouncedonthemainstageofDwellMagazine'sDwellonDesignexpoflooronFridayJune22,1012.FormoredetailedinformationabouttheRestaurantDesignAwardsortoregisterpleasevisit:http://aialosangeles.org/content/restaurant-design-awardsAbouttheRDAs

The AIA|LAs Restaurant Design Awards (RDA) honor excellence in restaurantdesign.Thecompetitionisopentoallindividualsandpracticeswithbothrestaurantownersandarchitects/designersinvitedtosubmit.Eithertheprojectitselfmustbelocated in the United States or the submitting individual/firmmust beUS-based.Submissions are accepted in three main categories: restaurants, cafs/bars andlounges/nightclubs. The annual RDA Ceremony recognizes both Jury AwardWinnersaswellasPeoplesChoiceAwardWinners,asselectedbyvotescollected

fromthegeneralpublicontheAIA|LAwebsite.AboutAIA|LA

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the voice of the architectureprofession, dedicated to servingandempowering itsmembers throughadvocacy,educationalandoutreachprogramsaswellaseducatingthepubliconthevalueandimportance of architecture. AIA Los Angeles is a not-for-profit professionalmembershipassociation.

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