[2] The company grew to include 43 professionals by 2004, with offices in Los Angeles, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina.

[2][4] Brooks co-founded and served as President of Livable Places,[5] a nonprofit development company created to stimulate neighborhood revitalization in Los Angeles.

As the institute's highest award, the Gold Medal honors an individual or pair whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

Brooks is also the 2010 recipient of the “Character Approved” Award by USA Network for her “unparalleled ability to marry aesthetics, affordability and sustainability in the built environment”.

[14][15] Known as a leaders in the field of sustainable design,[16] their Solar umbrella house[17] in Venice, California (the home of Scarpa and Brooks) has been named by the AIA as one of the Top Ten Green Projects.

Brooks + Scarpa has also been celebrated, receiving numerous awards for their work pertaining to climate change and sea level rise adaptation in coastal communities.

[24] Work for Reactor Films, Jigsaw, CoOP and XAP Corporation were noted for their design, speed of construction and short completion time.