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Annapolis, Maryland
Smith Group
Photography © Prakash Patel
The greenest office on the bay
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"It
has been a magnet for the audiences whose building
projects we want to influence."
—Mary Tod Winchester,
Chesapeake Bay Foundation VP
"The
Chesapeake Bay Foundation is doing everything
it can to have a self-sufficient building that
does not detract from ecology."
—Mark Walsh
Architect
Smith Group
Client
Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org
Key
Players
Click here to find a complete listing of the people
and products involved in the completion of
this project and an additional photograph.
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In designing a new headquarters for the
largest nonprofit regional environmental organization in the
U.S., Smith Group created an icon for sustainability. The
Chesapeake Bay Foundation headquarters, the Merrill Environmental
Center, a building with a number of environmentally "green"
features, embodies the culture of the organization and is
the only building to have received a platinum rating from
the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy Efficient
and Environmental Design program.
The 32,000-square-foot office building,
located on 31 acres near the shore of the Chesapeake Bay in
Maryland, includes solar panels, natural ventilation, a geothermal
heat pump with a desiccant dehumidification system, and roof
and wall enclosures of Structurally Insulated Panels. Clad
in galvanized siding made from cans, cars, and other recycled
metal objects, Smith Group designed the building to use 10
percent of the potable water and 70 percent less energy than
a typical office building. All wood was from renewable sources.
A number of technologies are brought together in one building—a
demonstration building of sorts for green technology.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation headquarters
raised crucial questions for the jury beyond simple aesthetics
and matching building program with business mission: Does
green design necessarily mean good design? And is green design
necessarily good for business?
For more on this project please see the
October 2001 issue of Architectural Record.
The Winners: Chesapeake
Bay | Corning
Museum | Dulwich
Galllery | Kuhonji
Temple Gate | LVMH
Tower | Pedestrian
Bridge | Phillips
Plastics | Saitama
Arena | SAP Headquarters
| Chiller Plant
| Wieden + Kennedy
Headquarters
The Finalists:
Allegheny
Jail | Hansen
Construction | Helmut
Lang Perfumerie | Herman
Miller Showroom | Lincoln
St. Garage | TBWA/Chiat/Day
| U.S. Courthouse
| Westpac Stadium
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