Mcgraw-Hill Construction’s Greensource Magazine Wins Ozzie Awards For Best Design, New Magazine, And Best Overall Design

Architectural Record Website Takes Bronze in Best Website Category

NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2007) – McGraw-Hill Construction’s GreenSource magazine, devoted to sustainable design, won FOLIO: magazine’s Ozzie Awards for “Best Design, New Magazine,” and “Best Overall Design” in the business-to-business category. In addition, Architectural Record website, www.ArchitecturalRecord.com, received a bronze Ozzie award in the “Best Site Design, B-to-B” category.

Folio's annual Eddie & Ozzie Awards recognize excellence in editorial content and magazine design. More than 2,200 entries were submitted in this prestigious industry competition. The winners were announced at the Eddie & Ozzie Awards Gala last night in New York City.

“In the short time since its launch, GreenSource magazine has won praise from both the magazine industry and the readers we serve.” said Robert Ivy, vice president and editorial director for McGraw-Hill Construction and editor in chief of Architectural Record.  “We’re pleased that FOLIO: has recognized the magazine’s excellence in design for the second year in a row.”

GreenSource magazine is produced by the editors of McGraw-Hill Construction, in collaboration with editors from BuildingGreen, Inc. GreenSource was created in response to the needs and demands of the profession and is the source for noteworthy trends in sustainable design, projects and case studies of best practices.  GreenSource magazine is proudly supported by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

ArchitecturalRecord.com serves 1.8 million page views per month to the architectural community.  The industry’s leading website offers new, state-of-the-art technology to provide a greater interactive experience for both users and advertisers, combining the insight and power of the Architectural Record brand with unsurpassed Web functionality.

The Eddie and Ozzie Award nominations are the latest in a string of honors received this year by McGraw-Hill Construction.  Other 2007 awards and nominations include: 

• In July, ArchitecturalRecord.com was named to BtoB Media Business Magazine’s list of 10 Great Media Web Sites in the Non-Tech/Trade category.
• In June, McGraw-Hill Construction Integrated Media was honored with the “Best Media Kit” award in the Online Interactive Media Kit category recently at the American Business Media (ABM) Achievement Awards.
• In June, editors from ENR were named as finalists for six Awards of Excellence by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).
• In March, GreenSource won Best Start-Up Publication, and the website of Engineering News Record, ENR.com (http://www.enr.com), received the Best Online Article or Series award as well as a Best Website award, at the American Business Media’s annual Neal Awards event.

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