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Jonathan Segal, FAIA
Commercial Rehabilitation Award
 As an award-winning architect and developer, Jonathan Segal has designed dense, high-profile residential buildings in popular neighborhoods such as Little Italy and North Park. For this project in Little Italy, he didn't match the neighboring high-rises, but instead chose to restore a 1926 Spanish Revival style bungalow court.
Long before the recent so-called "tiny house" craze, modest, one-story bungalow courts throughout Southern California offered single working people an alternative to apartment living. Now, fast forward nearly 100 years. The Gordon M. Wells/Allen H. Hilton Bungalow Court is in sparkling condition, and its 286-square-foot studio apartments present downtown renters with an attractive alternative to high-rise living.
These cottages remind us of what San Diego was like in the days when even rental homes were designed to provide beauty, dignity, and comfort … through simplicity, efficiency, and refreshing, shared gardens.
SOHO applauds Jonathan Segal, FAIA, for saving and restoring this once-threatened bungalow court. We thank him for having the vision to undertake this handsome project and look forward to more work from him in the field of historic preservation.
All photos by Sandé Lollis, except top left before and top right after photos courtesy the winner
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