Architectural firm honored

Behr Browers Architects Inc. in Westlake Village recently received three awards from the American Institute of Architects, Ventura County Chapter.

The awards are presented every year to firms and projects in Ventura County that demonstrate exceptional design.

Behr Browers Architects received awards for the Miller Family YMCA and Treat Sweets, which are both at Paraiso Shopping Center in Dos Vientos; and for the Center Stage theater in Fontana, Calif.

For more than 22 years, Behr Browers Architects has designed dozens of projects throughout East Ventura County.

The firm has also received other awards for projects such as the restoration of Grauman's Chinese Theatre and the architectural and sign design of Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Simi Valley.