Charles Hostler Student Center
Beirut, VJAA
The Hostler Center design responded to its unique social and environmental context. Situated on Beirut’s seafront and main public thoroughfare, the new 204,000 square foot facility includes competitive and recreational athletic facilities, an auditorium, cafeteria with study space, and underground parking for 200 cars. Multiple building volumes were proposed that interconnected a continuous field of habitable space with gardens on multiple levels. More...
Chartwell School
Seaside, CA, EHDD Architecture
The shared vision for the new Chartwell School campus was to create an exceptional, high-performance learning environment for children with learning differences. Sited on a hill overlooking Monterey Bay, this project seamlessly blends the elements of site, program and environmental conservation. More...
Gish Apartments
San Jose, CA, OJK Architecture and Planning
Gish Apartments is a 35-unit transit-oriented family apartment complex that provides quality affordable housing. Gish Apartments is a ground-breaking development both for its architectural design and in its use of renewable energy technologies and other green building features. Gish is the only affordable housing development in the U.S. to receive both LEED for Homes and LEED NC Gold certification. More...
Great River Energy Headquarters
Maple Grove, Minnesota, Perkins+Will
Great River Energy (GRE) is a not-for-profit electric utility cooperative owned by its members. Great River Energy’s Headquarters is a 166,000 square foot, four-story concrete frame and glass curtain wall office building. GRE’s new office environment was designed to showcase workplace productivity, energy efficient technologies, and a collaborative culture within the most electric energy-efficient building in the state. More...
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC)
Evanston, Illinois, Ross Barney Architects
The design of the new synagogue for the JRC balances the limitations of a small site with an ambitious program that promotes worship, education, and community objectives. JRC's commitment to the principle of tikkun olam—Hebrew for "repairing the world"—is manifest in the building's architecture. On a modest budget, the synagogue achieved a LEED Platinum certification. More...
Portola Valley Town Center
Portola Valley, CA, Co-Architects: Siegel & Strain Architects; Goring and Straja Architects
Replacing three town structures - a library, community hall, and town hall - the Portolo Valley Town Center was takes advantage of the building site, creating civic and recreational space for the entire community, meeting all the municipal needs of the town, creating space that facilitates casual meetings, exemplify the town's rural design ideals that compliment the landscape, and becoming an extension of the town’s residences. More...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Orange, Texas, Lake|Flato Architects
Located on 252 acres, the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center serves primarily as an interpretive center for the site’s native ecosystems as well as a facility for study and research. At the beginning of the construction process the property sustained a direct hit from Hurricane Rita, but the team was still able to maintain LEED Platinum standards in the building process by salvaging natural materials, as many fallen trees were either incorporated into the construction of the new facilities or harvested for lumber for other projects. More...
Synergy at Dockside Green
Victoria, British Colombia, Busby Perkins+Will Architects Co.
Dockside Green is a 1.3 million square foot, mixed-use development on a former brownfield site. The first phase, Synergy, includes four buildings constructed over a common underground parking structure. The program for Synergy includes a nine-story residential tower with commercial units on the ground floors, a two-story townhouse building; a six-story building with commercial units on the ground floor and a four-story residential building. More...
The Terry Thomas, Seattle
WA, Weber Thompson
The Terry Thomas was designed to provide a healthy and creative work environment that would illustrate the possibilities of sustainable design. The building has 37,000 square-feet of office space on four floors. The ground level features 3,000 square-feet of retail and restaurant space, and a central courtyard that provides a gathering space. As both the designers and inhabitants of The Terry Thomas, the occupants now enjoy the benefits of strong natural and cultural connections while simultaneously increasing their productivity potential. More...
World Headquarters for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Yarmouth Port, MA, DesignLAB Architects
The new LEED Gold IFAW headquarters encompasses 54,000 square-feet of space in three connected buildings. The project accomplishes its goals through a pragmatic low-cost, low-tech approach to sustainability based on fundamentals and common sense. The layout is in the tradition of rural Cape Cod development; a half-acre courtyard of native grasses, open to the south, centers the building complex, whose flexible architecture is located at the north, east and west edges of the site. More...
