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Council House 2

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Council House 2
Melbourne’s Great Experiment : Technological ambition and daring-do provide a wealth of lessons for aspiring green designers

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World Wildlife Fund

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World Wildlife Fund
Where The Wild Things Are: From architectural shapes to mechanical systems, the WWF’s dutch headquarters harmonizes with nature

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Elm Park

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Elm Park
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

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Nanyang Technological University

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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

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Downtown Transit Station

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Alila Villas Uluwatu
Sustainable Luxuriance: An eco-resort in Bali, Indonesia, sets a new standard for green vacation destinations without sacrificing comfort

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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 - Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, 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]
10/2007 CASE STUDY: Near North Apartments: Second Acts
Near North Apartments , Chicago, IL - Murphy/Jahn Rethinks Low-Income Housing For A Revitalized Cabrini-Green In Chicago
10/2007 CASE STUDY: George and Kathy Dembroski Centre for Horticulture: Green Thumb
George and Kathy Dembroski Centre for Horticulture , Chicago, IL - A New, Light-Filled Entrance and Addition Establishes a Botanical Garden’s Reputation.
10/2007 CASE STUDY: Center For Health And Healing: A Healthy Dose of Green
Center For Health And Healing , Portland, OR - A University’s Medical Office Building Achieves Leed Platinum through Some Serious Integrated Design Strategies.
10/2007 CASE STUDY: Save the Bay Center: Coast Guard
Save the Bay Center , Providence, RI - A Non-Profit’s Redevelopment of a Former Landfill Serves as a Model of Urban Waterfront Restoration.
10/2007 CASE STUDY: New York Academy of Sciences: Advanced Science
New York Academy of Sciences , New York , NY - A Manhattan Institution Moves Its Employees Into A Light-Filled Skyscraper.
07/2007 CASE STUDY: Plaza Apartments: A Room of One’s Own:
Plaza Apartments , San Francisco, CA - In the heart of San Francisco’s skid row, once-homeless adults find shelter in a showplace of green design.
07/2007 CASE STUDY: The Idea Center at Playhouse Square: Sustainability in Two Acts:
The Idea Center at Playhouse Square , Hemet, CA - Two nonprofits join to create an interactive center for the arts, technology, and ideas.
07/2007 CASE STUDY: Water + Life Museums: A Desert Oasis
Water + Life Museums , Hemet, CA - Two nonprofits join to create public exhibitions and offices demonstrating their commitment to sustainability.
07/2007 CASE STUDY: Hawaii Gateway Energy Center: Gateway to Sustainability:
Hawaii Gateway Energy Center, Nelha, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - This Leed-Platinum Center To Promote Renewable Energy In Hawaii Runs On The “Earth’s Devices”
07/2007 CASE STUDY: Sidwell Friends Middle School: Academic Achievement
Sidwell Friends Middle School, Washington, D.C.
- A school expansion in our nation’s capitol introduces a wetland to a dense urban site.
06/2007 AIA Top Ten Green Projects for 2007 Announced
06/2007 Green Acres: Springs Preserve Restores a Desert Oasis [links to: enr.com]
04/2007 CASE STUDY: Aveda: A Cut Above
Aveda Institute, Washington, D.C.
- A company applies Its nature ethic to Its newest training center.
04/2007 CASE STUDY: A Westside Story
The Helena, New York City
04/2007 CASE STUDY: Close to Home
Calpers Headquarters Complex, Sacramento, California - A headquarters consolidation more than fills its predecessor's big shoes
04/2007 CASE STUDY: Ecological Literacy
Central Library, Des Moines, Iowa
- A copper-infused glass skin blurs this library's boundaries
04/2007 CASE STUDY: Doing Small Things in a Big Way
Molecular Foundry U.S. Department of Energy, Berkeley, California - A national cutting-edge laboratory for nanotechnology research
02/12/07 Template for Green Cities Nears in Asia [links to: enr.com]
02/12/07 Big Zero-Carbon Project Planned in U.K. [links to: enr.com]
02/2007 Green 101: Yale Chases Leading Edge of Sustainable Design [links to: newyork.construction.com ]
02/2007 Platinum Exhibit: Queens Botanical Garden Goes for the Green [links to: newyork.construction.com ]
02/2007 Building 21: Going Green at the CDC [links to: southeast.construction.com ]
02/2007 Southface: A Model of Sustainability [links to: southeast.construction.com ]
02/07/07 Sweetwater Visitors Center: Sweet Platinum Status [links to: southeast.construction.com ]
01/2007 CASE STUDY: Planetary Perspectives
Global Ecology Center, Stanford, California - Design for labs and offices for a team of climate researchers mimics natural systems to drive down energy use and carbon emissions
01/2007 CASE STUDY: Top of the Charts
Alberici Corporate Headquarters, Overland, Missouri
01/2007 CASE STUDY: Let the Sun Shine In
Bronx Library Center Bronx, NY
- A light-filled library becomes a dynamic meeting place for an underserved community
01/2007 CASE STUDY: Thrown for a Curve
London Development Agency, London - A government agency's sinuous new office challenges straight lines as well as nonrenewable energy sources.
01/2007 CASE STUDY: Circle of Life
Heifer International Center, Little Rock, Arkansas - A charity dedicated to nourishing families builds a new office as a model of harmony with nature
02/07/07 Turner Completes First Green Auto Dealership [links to: texas.construction.com ]
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