Harbor House wins a Los Angeles Conservancy 2025 Preservation Award
Harbor House, our adaptive reuse project that took a former YMCA into housing on the San Pedro Harbor, was a recipient of a 2025 Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award. The Celebration was held on April 23, 2025 the spectacular 1960 Founder’s Church in Koreatown. Designed by celebrated architect Paul R. Williams, Founder’s Church (Historic-Cultural Monument No. 727) is a Modernist elliptically-shaped building meant to enhance feelings of inclusion, in line with the church’s philosophy.
Each year, an independent jury of experts from the fields of architecture, preservation, and community development select a distinguished group of projects that demonstrate outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation and heritage conservation.
Harbor House preserves the spirit of the YMCA, a once-thriving gathering place for sailors and the San Pedro community, now revived for new generations.
Along with Harbor House, Omgivning's managing director, Joel Chappo, AIA also consulted on the restoration of another winner, Gramercy Place Temple, a 1930s Art Deco synagogue.
From left to right: Taylor Waters, Karin Liljegren, FAIA, Joel Chappo, AIA, Jordon Johnson, and Richard Kassab.