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Case Studies: GreenSource’s project case studies provide in-depth, data-rich reports on sustainable design and green-building performance. With our new Green Building Project Search, find case studies from our archives using criteria from LEED score to products used in the project.
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| 01/2012 | CASE STUDY: Centra at Metropark Model Employee: In suburban Iselin, New Jersey, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates coaxes an archetypically introverted office block out of its shell. |
| 01/2012 | CASE STUDY: Century Building What Lies Behind: A 100-year-old office building’s quiet exterior conceals a chic affordable housing and mixed-use development—a first for Pittsburgh’s downtown core. |
| 01/2012 | CASE STUDY: Clif Bar Headquarters Going the Distance: ZGF's adaptive reuse project exemplifies design that sustains employees and the planet. |
| 01/2012 | CASE STUDY: Miller Ranch Porch House Site Specific and Factory Sound: Lake | Flato joins the prefab party with an adaptable, modernist take on modular housing |
| 01/2012 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Idea Center Cultural Evolution: The benefits of revitalizing a downtown historic building in Cleveland ripple throughout the community. |
| 11/2011 | CASE STUDY: The Center of Excellence The Center of Excellence - Toshiko Mori Architect - A Toshiko Mori Architect designed center for environmental systems testing helps green the Rust Belt. |
| 11/2011 | CASE STUDY: Chandler City Hall Chandler City Hall - SmithGroup - A municipal complex redefines a desert city’s downtown core with mixed use amenities, a wind-animated art installation, and a firm commitment to environmental stewardship. |
| 11/2011 | CASE STUDY: Kiowa County School Kiowa County School - BNIM - The architects at BNIM give Kiowa County a community resource for all to enjoy. |
| 11/2011 | CASE STUDY: Vai Avenue Residence Vai Avenue Residence - Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects - Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects crafts a simple bungalow in the suburbs with high performance aspirations. |
| 11/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Hawaii Gateway Energy Center Hawaii Gateway Energy Center - Ferraro Choi and Associates - Passive systems work almost perfectly to cool and light this showcase project. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY: Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices Education Executive Agency and Tax Offices - UNStudio - Northern Exposure: In the sea-swept Dutch state of Friesland, UNStudio and its partners create a building that rides the breeze. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY: Make It Right Make It Right - Six years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, the Lower Ninth Ward is finally starting to look like a community again—thanks in large part to the ambitious work of Make It Right. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY: Weill Hall Weill Hall - Richard Meier & Partners - A Closer Look Pays Off: Remarkable energy efficiency and water savings, but ambivalent tenants, at a cutting-edge medical facility. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY: Butaro Hospital Butaro Hospital - MASS Design Group - Once torn by war, Rwanda has made great strides in recent years, but poverty persists. For a remote region that had no doctors, a new hospital is providing vital services — and hope. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY: Centre for Green Cities at Evergreen Brick Works Centre for Green Cities at Evergreen Brick Works - Diamond and Schmitt Architects - Reimagining an Industrial Relic: Evergreen, an environmental organization dedicated to making cities more livable, breathes new life into a defunct manufacturing complex in the heart of Toronto. |
| 09/2011 | CASE STUDY IN BRIEF: Small but Significant Small but Significant - South Mountain Company - Transparently Efficient: A cluster of eight subsidized LEED Platinum homes on Martha's Vineyard show that energy use is manageable—and trackable. |
| 07/2011 | CASE STUDY: Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility Mason Lane Farm Operations Facility, De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop - A local firm reimagines the traditional barn aesthetic for a new farm facility in Kentucky. |
| 07/2011 | CASE STUDY: Park Street Clinical Laboratory Building Park Street Clinical Laboratory Building, Svigals + Partners with Behnisch Architekten (LA) - A hospital facility mends an urban wound while also providing the means to heal patients. |
| 07/2011 | CASE STUDY: U.S. Land Port of Entry U.S. Land Port of Entry, Julie Snow Architects - Julie Snow Architects' U.S. Land Port of Entry in the wetlands and woods of Northern Minnesota beckons travelers like a light at the end of a tunnel. |
| 07/2011 | CASE STUDY: NRDC High-Performance Expansion Prototype NRDC High-Performance Expansion Prototype, Croxton Collaborative Architects PC - Croxton Collaborative has designed LEED Platinum offices in New York City for the NRDC, a leader in environmental advocacy. |
| 07/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Center For Health And Healing Center for Health and Healing, GBD Architects - Remarkable energy efficiency and water savings, but ambivalent tenants, at a cutting-edge medical facility. |
| 05/2011 | CASE STUDY: KFW Westarkade KFW Westarkade, Sauerbruch Hutton - A new bank headquarters in Frankfurt may well be the world's most energy-efficient office tower. |
| 05/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Hover House Hover House, Glen Irani Architects - To reduce material for construction and energy for use, a house minimizes indoor area and creates an outdoor room that's perfect for enjoying a Southern Californian lifestyle. |
| 05/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Flansburgh Architects - A little more than a year after opening, a laboratory dedicated to the study of renewable energy is performing even better than the ambitious goals set by its project team. |
| 05/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Mercy Corps Global Headquarters Mercy Corps Global Headquarters, THA Architecture - The new headquarters of Mercy Corps accomplishes multiple goals for its employees, for the local community, and for the environment. |
| 05/2011 | CASE STUDY: REVISIT: Lewis & Clark State Office Building
Lewis & Clark State Office Building, BNIM Robust systems and good management deliver consistent energy savings. |
| 04/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Lofts at Cherokee Studios Lofts at Cherokee Studios, Brooks + Scarpa Architects (formerly Pugh + Scarpa Architects) - A new building’s dynamic metal veil yields morphing compositions,while enhancing thermal efficiency. |
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LOTT Regional Services Center LOTT Regional Services Center, The Miller Hull Partnership - Innovative approaches to wastewater reuse puts LOTT in an energy-efficiency class of its own. |
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Passive House Passive House, Karawitz Architecture - A bamboo-clad passive house outside of Paris breaks free from local tradition. |
| 04/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Vanke Center Vanke Center, Steven Holl Architects - Steven Holl fuses architecture and landscape to make one of the most sustainable buildings in China. |
| 04/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT:
CalPERS Headquarters Complex CalPERS Headquarters Complex, Steven Holl Architects - Commissioning was initially truncated due to schedule constraints, but facility managers are back on the case. |
| 04/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT:
Thomas L. Wells Public School Thomas L. Wells Public School, Baird Sampson Neuert Architects - Passive measures and effective management have a school performing better than anticipated. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY:
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Wychwood Barns Artscape Wychwood Barns, du Toit Architects - A former transportation facility is reinvented to serve its community in a whole new way. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY:
Bagley Classroom Bagley Classroom, Salmela Architect - A classroom building brings an artistic touch to stringent efficiency standards. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY: Melbourne Convention Centre Development Melbourne Convention Centre Development, Woods Bagot and NH Architecture - A new convention center introduces sustainability to a historically inefficient building type. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY: OS House OS House, Johnsen Schmaling Architects - Overlooking Lake Michigan, the OS House finds balance in sustainability and modern design. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY: Tassafaronga Village Tassafaronga Village, David Baker + Partners - In Oakland, California, the brownfield site of severely distressed housing is sustainably reborn. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Carnegie Global Ecology Center Carnegie Global Ecology Center, EHDD Architecture - Innovative strategies serve this small lab and office complex well, though some required slight adjustments. |
| 02/2011 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Heifer International Center Heifer International center, Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects - Popularity and expanded use drives up energy bills and accelerates an expansion. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower, Cook+Fox Architects - A Manhattan skyscraper wraps a package of tightly coordinated technologies inside a faceted glass skin. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Mills College Graduate School of Business
Mills College Graduate School of Business, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson - A graduate school marries energy-saving modern technologies with classic modern design. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Teeple Architects - A new convent reflects the mission of its occupants by connecting to the surrounding environment and community. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Herman Miller Showroom Herman Miller Showroom, tvsdesign - tvsdesign expresses Herman Miller’s identity in an interior that’s open, progressive, and green. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Ross Barney Architects - Sophisticated energy-efficiency measures and active occupants lead to surprising savings. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY REVISIT: Loyola University Information Commons Loyola University Information Commons, Solomon Cordwell Buenz - At this bookless library, a web of systems has to function flawlessly for optimal energy savings, and it’s almost there. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: David Brower Center David Brower Center, Daniel Solomon Design Partners - A home for environmental and social action is true to the legacy of its namesake. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, HDR Inc. - ASU’s School of Journalism embraces the urban community with its downtown campus. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: The Green Building The Green Building, (fer) studio - A green retrofit serves as the cornerstone for regenerating a distressed neighborhood. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Green Depot Flagship Store Green Depot Flagship Store, Mapos, LLC - A young firm revamps the lower floors of a landmark building into a green supply store. |
| 09/2010 | CASE STUDY: Marin Country Day School Marin Country Day School, EHDD Architecture - With the second phase of its campus plan, a private school on an idyllic site aims for net-zero. |
| 07/2010 | The Premier Design Awards The 2010 AIA COTE awards reflect the escalating standards of sustainable building—in both design and performance. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), HOK - Traditional Saudi design merges with modern technology and forms in the large and ambitious King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), establishing a benchmark for sustainable design in the Middle East. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Twelve West Twelve West , ZGF Architects - Rooftop turbines draw attention to this new mixed-use high-rise in Portland, but it’s the less visible systems and design choices that make it a beacon of green. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Homer Science & Student Life Center Homer Science & Student Life Center, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects - Marrying ecological concepts and spiritual values, a century-old Catholic school’s new facility promises substantial energy savings and a sustainable legacy. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Manassas Park Elementary + Pre-k Manassas Park Elementary + Pre-k , VMDO Architects - VMDO Architects uses sustainable buildings systems and natural cycles to demonstrate eco-conscious living to the next generation. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Special House No. 9 Special House No. 9, KieranTimberlake - KieranTimberlake tackles housing for the NOLA Lower Ninth Ward region with sleek sustainable strategies and safety as a top priority. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Watsonville Water Resources Center Watsonville Water Resources Center, WRNS Studio - Four separate agencies collaborated to create an integrated water management and educational showcase for an agricultural region of California. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Omega Center For Sustainable Living Omega Center For Sustainable Living, BNIM Architects - A new building on the campus of the Omega Institute performs a very practical function, but also serves the organization’s loftier, pedagogical goals. |
| 07/2010 | CASE STUDY: Previously Published: Manitoba Hydro Place, 355-11th-Street and Kroon-Hall Manitoba Hydro Place, 355-11th-Street and Kroon-Hall, Dano, Burkina Faso - Architect Francis Kéré relies on simple solutions for a humble learning space near his hometown in West Africa. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: Dano Secondary School Dano Secondary School, Dano, Burkina Faso - Architect Francis Kéré relies on simple solutions for a humble learning space near his hometown in West Africa. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: European Investment Bank European Investment Bank, Luxembourg - A Building For All Seasons: Located on the Luxembourg City’s Kirchberg Plateau, the European Investment Bank addition endorses sustainability with a spirited tubular glass design that ensures year-round high performance. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: French Embassy French Embassy, Tokyo, Japan - French Connection: Supported by piloti and board formed concrete, Tokyo’s new French Embassy bows politely to the past while its high CASBEE rating bodes well for the future. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: Surry Hills Library Surry Hills Library, Sydney, Australia - Library Down Under: A new library is transforming one of Sydney’s most diverse neighborhoods with a design that places passive ventilation at the heart of the project. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: Unilever Headquarters Unilever Headquarters, Hamburg, Germany - Glass Haus: With a host of green features and a clever layout, a new office building in Hamburg’s harbor is anything but ordinary. |
| 05/2010 | CASE STUDY: Victor Civita Park Victor Civita Park, São Paulo, Brazil - In São Paulo, the transformation of a brownfield into green space creates a model for landscape reuse and management in Brazil. |
| 03/2010 | CASE STUDY: Manitoba Hydro Place Manitoba Hydro Place, Winnipeg, Canada - Cold Comfort: One of North America’s most complex energy-efficient buildings is also sited in one of its most challenging climates. |
| 03/2010 | CASE STUDY: West Building VCC West Building VCC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Build It and They Will Come: With poetry and fluidity, the new West Building of the Vancouver Convention Center connects the city to the wild and majestic scenery around it. |
| 03/2010 | CASE STUDY: Gray Middle School Gray Middle School, Tacoma, Washington - Higher Education: A new school in Tacoma, Washington, weaves itself into the local community and the surrounding landscape, while teaching environmental stewardship by example. |
| 03/2010 | CASE STUDY: Climate Works Foundation Climate Works Foundation, San Francisco, California - Naturally Inspiring: A nonprofit’s office interior in the City by the Bay gives off abstract, natural vibes in its design, but in practice, this group is changing the world for the better. |
| 01/2010 | CASE STUDY: Aqua Tower Aqua Tower, Chicago, Illinois - Aqua, a new 82-story residential tower and hotel near Lake Michigan, adds a new dynamism to the city’s skyline. |
| 01/2010 | CASE STUDY: Brooks Avenue House Brooks Avenue House, Venice, California - How the Vancouver firm of Bricault Design reinvigorated a pre-war Venice cottage, raising the bar on living the sustainable life. |
| 01/2010 | CASE STUDY: Live/Work Studio II Live/Work Studio II, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - The designers and owners of this infill house and studio use their project to tell the gritty history of the neighborhood, while also proving to clients the viability of a small project in an urban site. |
| 01/2010 | CASE STUDY: Step Up on Fifth Step Up on Fifth, Santa Monica, California - Pugh+Scarpa Architects executes sustainability with a social conscience at a non-profit’s multifamily housing project for the homeless of Santa Monica. |
| 01/2010 | CASE STUDY: Martin Residence Martin Residence, Raleigh, North Carolina - Architect Tina Govan’s disciplined response to an urban infill lot in downtown Raleigh yields a thoughtful living space for a sustainability-minded family. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: The Visionaire The Visionaire, New York City - A high-rise apartment building in lower Manhattan tests the boundaries of urban sustainability by using a five-point guideline system to set realistic goals. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: USGBC headquarters USGBC headquarters, Washington, D.C. - A new headquarters for the U.S. Green Building Council translates the organization’s values into material reality earning a Platinum rating under the group’s own recently revamped system. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: 355 11th Street 355 11th Street, San Francisco, California - New skin reveals the past: A beer warehouse in San Francisco’s South of Market area finds new life as a mixed-use building without forsaking its industrial heritage. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Bellevue, Washington - Teaching in Trees: A new Washington Nature Center elevates its educational mission—literally—preserving fragile ecosystems on the ground and lifting visitors into the forest canopy. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Circular Congregational Church Addition Circular Congregational Church Addition, Charleston, South Carolina - Green, and of its time: A 328-year-old congregation, in an architecturally conservative city, commissions a modern church classroom addition with a multitude of sustainable-design initiatives. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: Blue Ball Dairy Barn Blue Ball Dairy Barn, New Castle, Delaware - Old Barn learns New Tricks: A renovated dairy barn in Delaware transforms to a modern, multi-purpose space by embracing green design without sacrificing its historic roots. |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY: ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex ASU Polytechnic Academic Complex, Mesa, Arizona - Made in the Shade: Formerly an air force base, Arizona State University’s new classroom and lab complex proves that even for buildings, it’s cool to wear shades. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Cavallo Point Cavallo Point, Fort Baker, Sausalito, California - Historic Expansion: Combining meticulously restored buildings with unobtrusive new ones turns an army base at the Golden Gate into a luscious resort. |
| 09/2009 | INTERIORS CASE STUDY: Founding Farmers Restaurant Founding Farmers Restaurant, Washington, D.C. - Agrarian Values in the City of Pork: In its design, construction, and even its operation, a Washington, D.C., restaurant provides healthy portions of sustainability along with some attention-getting spaces. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Kroon Hall, Yale University Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut - Vaulted Roof, Ambitious Goals: Yale transforms the site of a defunct powerplant into a low-carbon home for its School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. |
| 09/2009 | CASE STUDY: Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve, Moose, Wyoming - Where Buffalo Roam: The 10,400-square-foot Laurance S. Rockefeller Visitors Center, part of the Grand Teton National Park, prepares visitors to appreciate the vast natural resources and beauty of the place. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Chartwell School Chartwell School, Seaside, California - Chasing Net-Zero: A school for students with learning differences reaffirms its core values with a new campus. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: The Terry Thomas The Terry Thomas, Seattle, Washington - No A/C? It’s a breeze: In Seattle, the four-story Terry Thomas building takes the LEED with a less-is-more approach by Weber Thompson. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Shangri-La Botanical Gardens Shangri-La Botanical Gardens, Orange, Texas - Finding Shangri-La: Outdoor classrooms, exhibition space, and public buildings make up this campus in a southeast Texas cypress swamp. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Great River Energy Headquarters Great River Energy Headquarters, Maple Grove, Minnesota - Setting a Green Example: A non-profit electric co-op brings open-space office design and unique energy-saving strategies together under one roof. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Illinois - Repairing the World: A LEED-Platinum synagogue uses passive strategies to achieve greater-than-expected energy savings. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Portola Valley Town Center Portola Valley Town Center, Portola Valley, California - How green is my valley: When a community founded on environmental principles had to move its civic center from an unsafe site, a highly sustainable replacement evolved. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Charles Hostler Student Center Charles Hostler Student Center, Beirut, Lebanon - Rooted in Beirut: A new student center for the American University of Beirut combines state-of-the-art sustainable innovation with the region’s traditional solutions. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: International fund for Animal Welfare International fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts - The Call of the Wild: One of the largest wildlife defense funds in the world proves its commitment to holistic sustainability with a new headquarters on a green campus. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Gish family Apartments Gish family Apartments San Jose, California - All in the Family: This multifamily housing project provides healthy, affordable accommodations for low-income residents in Silicon Valley. |
| 07/2009 | COTE TOP TEN WINNER - CASE STUDY: Synergy at Dockside Green Synergy at Dockside Green, Victoria, British Columbia - Green Harbor: The first phase of a mixed-use development in Victoria, B.C., has exceeded social and ecological expectations. |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Council House 2 Council House 2, Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne’s Great Experiment: Technological ambition and daring-do provide a wealth of lessons for aspiring green designers |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: World Wildlife Fund World Wildlife Fund, Zeist, Netherlands - Where The Wild Things Are: From architectural shapes to mechanical systems, the WWF’s dutch headquarters harmonizes with nature |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Elm Park Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland - Letting Nature Do the Work: Elm Park’s buildings use natural ventilation and daylighting to radically reduce energy use even as they reinvent the suburbs with new ideas about density |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - View From the Roof: This new school of art, design, and media at nanyang technological university preserves open space, while serving as a green icon for the community |
| 05/2009 | CASE STUDY: Alila Villas Uluwatu Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia - Sustainable Luxuriance: An eco-resort in Bali, Indonesia, sets a new standard for green vacation destinations without sacrificing comfort |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: California Academy of Sciences California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California - A multi-faceted institution sheltered by a undulating green roof takes a holistic approach to sustainable design |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Alley24 Alley24, Seattle, Washington - A LEED-certified speculative development in seattle is both environmentally and economically sustainable |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Tillamook Forest Center Tillamook Forest Center, Tillamook, Oregon - The Tillamook Forest Center tells the story of past human stumbles while embodying a leap into the future |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: Lost Dog Wash Trailhead Lost Dog Wash Trailhead, Scottsdale, Arizona - This sustainable visitors’ center celebrates a new entrance to the nation’s largest urban nature preserve |
| 03/2009 | CASE STUDY: National Audubon Society National audubon society, New York City, New York - FXFOWLE’s Manhattan headquarters for the National Audubon Society offers lessons in how to maintain green leadership |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Ehrlich Residence Ehrlich Residence, Santa Monica, California - John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects skillfully satisfied their client’s sustainability mandate |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Judkins Park House Judkins Park House, Seattle, Washington - In a quiet residential neighborhood, a century-old house gets a bold new neighbor—parked inside its own driveway |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Gunning House Gunning House, Hermosa Beach, California - Transcending a tight urban site, architect Robert Nebolon creates a house open to sunlight, ocean breezes, and views |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: The Galleries At Turney The Galleries At Turney, Phoenix, Arizona - A developer blends the single-family home mentality of old Phoenix with the urban density of the row house to create a new south western sensibility |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Dockside Green Dockside Green, Victoria, B.C., Canada - A Platinum Setting: This 15-acre, mixed-use, harbor-front development in Victoria, B.C., will set records for sustainability at the neighborhood scale |
| 01/2009 | CASE STUDY: Thin Flats Thin Flats, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Onion Flats cements its commitment to Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood—and sustainable design—with a multifamily building destined for LEED for homes platinum status |
| 11/2009 | CASE STUDY:Gish Family Apartments Gish Family Apartments, San Jose, California - A development group provides stylish hand sustainable low-income housing amidst the Silicon Valley housing boom |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Boston Children's Museum Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts - The Boston Children’s Museum broadens it’s green agenda with a sustainable renovation and expansion by hometown firm Cambridge Seven Associates. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Loyola University Information Commons Loyola University Information Commons, Chicago, Illinois - For the Information Commons at Loyola University in Chicago, Solomon Cordwell Buenz integrated passive and active technologies, demonstrating that transparency and energy efficiency aren’t always at odds. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Downtown Transit Station Downtown Transit Station, Charlottesville, Virginia - In Charlottesville, Virginia, Wallace Roberts & Todd Architects designed a transit hub that links the past with the future. |
| 11/2008 | CASE STUDY: Orinda City Hall Orinda City Hall, Orinda, California - Siegel & Strain Architects took cures from Mother Nature to lessen the footprint of Orinda, California’s City Hall. |
| 11/2008 | INTERIORS CASE STUDY: Haworth Showroom Haworth Showroom, New York City, New York - Haworth’s flagship showroom by Perkins+Will shines green with touches of red. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Normand Maurice Building Normand Maurice Building, Montreal, Quebec - Beauchamp-Bourbeau Architectes and ABCP Architecture & Urbanisme, with Busby Perkins+Will as lead designer, which led the design of The Normand Maurice Building shows how multiple federal agencies can go green in a renovated historic building. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Chicago, Illinois - On A Prominent Chicago Site, A Building With A Striking Faceted Facade Satisfies An Ambitious Environmental Agenda. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Soflo Office Studios Soflo Office Studios, San Antonio, Texas - In South Flores, An Up-And-Coming Area Bordering Downtown San Antonio, A Former Factory On A Brownfield Gets A Face-Lift From The Architects For Their Own Offices. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: EPA Headquarters EPA Headquarters, Denver, Colorado - A Dramatic Central Atrium And A Green Roof Elevate The Profile Of This Federal Office Building. |
| 09/2008 | CASE STUDY: Bowman and Brooke LLP Bowman and Brooke LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota - These light-filled, colorful law offices convincingly defy The profession’s stuffy reputation. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Nueva School Nueva School, Hillsborough, California - Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, which led the design of Nueva School’s Hillside Learning Complex in suburban Hillsborough, California, saw the project as more than just an addition. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Lavin-Bernick Center Lavin-Bernick Center , New Orleans, Louisiana - The new Lavin-Bernick Center at Tulane University is built on the same site as the old university center, which was stripped of its concrete structure, expanded and redesigned with sustainability in mind. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Discovery Center Discovery Center, Seattle, Washington - To market more than a dozen new developments in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, developer Vulcan Inc. hired Miller Hull Partnership to design a discovery center—Something between a model home and a World’s Fair Futurama—that could be disassembled, moved, and reused. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Yale Sculpture Gallery Yale Sculpture Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut - Some observers describe Yale University’s new sculpture building as a contemporary take on the university’s traditional gothic-style. But Stephen Kieran says the design team let the building’s environmental performance drive its aesthetic. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Macallen Condominiums Macallen Condominiums , Boston, Massachusetts - The Macallen Condominiums in Boston are not only the first residential LEED Gold-certified building in New England; they are also the subject of a new documentary and a 2008 COTE award winner. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Garthwaite Center Garthwaite Center, Weston, Massachusetts - The Boston-based firm Architerra developed a simple aesthetic for the Garthwaite Center for Science and Art at the Cambridge School that does not immediately convey the innovation of its exemplary bioclimatic design. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Leopold Legacy Center Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin - Kubala Washatko Architects designed the headquarters of the Leopold Foundation, which features a high percentage of Forest Stewardship Council-certified lumber, in the spirit of its conservationist namesake. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Pocono Environmental Education Center Pocono Environmental Education Center, Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania - The Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) wanted its new visitor activity center to be highly sustainable, and more importantly, economical to operate. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Queens Botanical Garden Queens Botanical Garden , Flushing, New York - The LEED Platinum-certified visitor and administration center at the Queens Botanical Garden boasts innovations ranging from a green roof to an entry plaza covered by a folded canopy that harvests rainwater. |
| 07/2008 | CASE STUDY: COTE TOP TEN WINNERS: Cesar Chavez Library Cesar Chavez Library , Laveen, Arizona - Responsible management of water from all sources is one of the significant achievements of the Chavez library. It not only derives its form from the lake it borders, but it uses the body of water as a storage basin for water harvesting. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Grand Rapids Art Museum: Temple of Green Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan - In the Grand Rapids Art Museum, a measured approach to design reveals that elegance and environmentalism are not incompatible. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Queens Botanical Garden: Setting Down Roots Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, New York - A new building raises a botanical garden’s profile as an institution focused on environmental stewardship. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Aldo Leopold Legacy Center: Building on Aldo Leopold’s Legacy Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin - The Aldo Leopold Foundation aims to uphold the land ethic in its new headquarters. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Santa Monica Library: A City Turns The Page Santa Monica Library , Santa Monica, California - The City Of Santa Monica Goes Green With Its High-Performance Main Public Library. |
| 04/2008 | CASE STUDY: Nau: Redefining Retail Nau, Boulder, Colorado - Nau’s unique concept unifies its stores with web-based shopping. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Arizona State University Biodesign Institute: Crossing Boundaries Arizona State University Biodesign Institute, Tempe, Arizona - Interdisciplinary science and innovative design set a standard for the next generation of research facilities. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Tim and Karen Hixon Visitor Center: Cool Water Tim and Karen Hixon Visitor Center, Helotes, Texas - A visitor center doubles as an aquifer, collecting and conserving water in a region suffering from drought. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: University of California: Enlightening
Sustainability University of California, Merced, California - University research facility is a teaching tool for eco-minded students. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Zhong Xiao Pavilion: Treehouse in A Concrete Jungle Zhong Xiao Pavilion , Taipei, Taiwan - Architect Sergio Palleroni and Taipei students break through asphalt to create a garden and green office space. |
| 01/2008 | CASE STUDY: Merck Serono: Ecological Antidote Merck Serono, Geneva, Switzerland - A biotechnology company considers environmental health and sustainability for its new headquarters. |
| 01/22//2008 | PROJECTS: Shamrock Heights [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
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