Westfield Topanga Wins Design Award

The $215 million Westfield Topanga Mall Expansion and Renovation has received a Merit Award in the annual International Council of Shopping Centers design competition. The award was presented at a gala awards ceremony on Dec. 5 as part of the ICSC CenterBuild Conference in Phoenix. Shopping centers from all over the world were entered in the competition and finalists were selected in two categories: Innovative Design and Construction of a New Project, and Renovation or Expansion of an Existing Project. The project will now automatically be eligible for the Global “Best-of-the-Best” Award to be awarded in May 2009. Westfield’s internal design department is credited as design and production architect.