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April 22 , 2003
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Wine Creek Road Residence; Photo
© J.D. Peterson |
Argonne Child Development Center;
Photo © David Bushnell |
Cusano Environmental Education
Center; Photo © Barry Halkin |
Herman Miller MarketPlace; Photo
© Hedrick blessing |
A housing complex, an education center,
and a forensics laboratory were among the 2003 Top 10 Green
Projects announced by the AIA’s Committee on the Environment
(COTE), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, on
Earth Day, April 22.
This is the sixth year of the Top 10
program. Only one of the 10 winners is located outside the
United States: the Steinhude Sea Recreation Facility in Germany
by Randall Stout Architects of California. For the first time,
every winning U.S. project is located in the same state as
the architects that designed it. Five are in California: the
Wine Creek Road Residence in Healdsburg by Siegal & Strain
Architects; the Argonne Child Development Center in San Francisco
by 450 Architects; the Hidden Villa Hostel & Summer Camp
in Los Altos Hills by Arkin Tilt Architects; Colorado Court
in Santa Monica by Pugh Scarpa Kodama; and HOK’s San
Mateo County Forensics Laboratory in Redwood City. The remaining
four winners are the Cusano Environmental Education Center
in Philadelphia by Susan Maxman & Partners, Architects;
the Chicago Center for Green Technology by Farr Associates
Architecture and Urban Design; the Herman Miller MarketPlace
in Zeeland, Michigan by Integrated Architecture; and Fisher
Pavilion in Seattle by the Miller|Hull Partnership, the 2003
AIA Firm of the Year.
The jury for this year’s awards
included Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, Peter Bohlin, FAIA, Doug
Kelbaugh, FAIA, Jacqueline Rose, AIA, and Drury Crawley, AIA.
Jurors did not know who designed the projects until the winners
were chosen, but Kelbaugh, dean of the Taubman College of
Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan,
told RECORD he was not surprised to find local firms leading
the pack. "Environmentally-sensitive design is very site-specific,"
he said. "It requires intimate knowledge of the local
climate and building practices."
Building performance data was required
for the first time this year, and the scope of the awards
was expanded to include urban projects as well as buildings.
The COTE Top 10 will be on display at
the AIA national convention in San Diego May 8-10.
by Deborah
Snoonian, P.E.
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