Now in its seventeenth year, the Livable Buildings Awards recognize projects that demonstrate excellence in architecture, sustainability and occupant satisfaction.
UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment has awarded the 2023 Livable Building Award to VMDO Architects for its design of Paul Jennings Residence Hall, at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This is the first residential project recognized with this award, and the third for VMDO. This annual award program recognizes excellence in architecture, sustainability and user satisfaction as measured by CBE’s Occupant Survey. The award jury also extended an Honorable Mention to the Bay Area Offices for SERA Architects. This project offered a unique opportunity for SERA to apply many human-centric design ideas they have used for clients to create a flexible, resilient and healthy workspace.
List of Winners by Year
![JMU-Exterior-Front-VMDO](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/JMU-Exterior-Front-VMDO.png)
2023Paul Jennings Residence Hall
![arm-france-exterior-opening](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/arm-france-exterior-opening.jpg)
2022Arm France Sophia Antipolis
![Discovery Elementary School](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Discovery-AK-103.jpg)
2021Discovery Elementary School
![LWHS-ext-01](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/LWHS-ext-01.jpg)
2020Lick-Wilmerding High School
![LBA-Bluestone-1-Lincoln-Barbour](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/LBA-Bluestone-1-Lincoln-Barbour.jpg)
2019Bluestone Elementary School
![Rocky Mountain Institute, Basalt, Colorado](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-RMI-01jpg.jpg)
2018Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center
![Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/LB2018-baker-center-zgf-ext01.jpg)
2017Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics
![2016-LBA-CeleMiddle](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2016-LBA-CeleMiddle.jpg)
2016Cele Middle School
![2015-LBA-UCDavis](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2015-LBA-UCDavis.jpg)
2015UC Davis Student Community Center
![packard-courtyard-cropped](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/packard-courtyard-cropped.jpg)
2014The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Headquarters
![2013-LBA-UCSF-Dolby](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2013-LBA-UCSF-Dolby.jpg)
2013UCSF Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building
![ClifBarHQ-open-office-9x16](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ClifBarHQ-open-office-9x16.jpg)
2012Clif Bar & Company Headquarters
![2011-LBA-Enermodal](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2011-LBA-Enermodal.jpg)
2011Enermodal Engineering Headquarters
![2010-LBA-UCSF](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2010-LBA-UCSF.jpg)
2010654 Minnesota Street, UC San Francisco
![2009-LBA-Chartwell](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2009-LBA-Chartwell.jpg)
2009Chartwell School
![2008-LBA-SCA](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2008-LBA-SCA.jpg)
2008SCA Americas Headquarters
![global ecology](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/global-ecology.jpg)
2007Global Ecology Research Center
![2007-LBA-Kirsch](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2007-LBA-Kirsch-1.jpg)
2007Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies
![philip merill](https://cbe.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/philip-merill.jpg)