The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced this year’s Top Ten Green Projects yesterday. These projects exemplify sustainable architecture. An alphabetical list of award-winners, as well as projects receiving honorable mention, follows below.
The AIA’s COTE has recognized sustainable design with this awards program since 1997. This year’s winners will be feted at the AIA’s National Convention and Design Exposition, in San Antonio, next week. The jury included: David Brems, FAIA, of Gillies Stransky Brems Smith; Alisdair McGregor, PE, of Arup; John Quale, LEED AP, of the University of Virginia School of Architecture; Traci Rose Rider, LEED AP, of North Carolina State University; Anne Schopf, AIA, of Mahlum Architects; and Susan Szenasy, editor-in-chief of Metropolis.
Honorable Mention 2007 Top Ten Green Projects |
Project | Location | Architect | William J. Clinton Presidential Center | Little Rock, Arkansas | Polshek Partnership Architects | Gerding Theater at the Armory | Portland, Oregon | GBD Architects | Provincetown Art Association and Museum | Provincetown, Massachusetts | Machado and Silvetti Associates | Stillwell Avenue Terminal Train Shed | New York City | Kiss + Cathcart Architects | |
The 2007 Top Ten Green Projects |
Project | Location | Architect | EpiCenter, Artists for Humanity | Boston, Massachusetts | Arrowstreet | Global Ecology Research Center | Stanford, California | EHDD Architects | Government Canyon Visitor Center | Helotes, Texas | Lake/Flato Architects | Hawaii Gateway Energy Center | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii | Ferraro Choi and Associates | Heifer International | Little Rock, Arkansas | Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter Architects | Sidwell Friends Middle School | Washington, D.C. | Kieran Timberlake Associates | Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse | Eugene, Oregon | Morphosis & DLR Group | Whitney Water Purification Facility | New Haven, Connecticut | Steven Holl Architects | Willingboro Master Plan & Public Library | Willingboro, New Jersey | Croxton Collaborative Architects, PC | Z6 House | Santa Monica, California | LivingHomes, Ray Kappe | |