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2011 COTE Top Ten Green Projects by the American Institute of Architects |
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Monday, 18 April 2011 05:13 |
 The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The projects will be honored at the AIA 2011 National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans.
As we did for last year's awards and as we are curreently doing for the AIA 2011 Housing Awards, we will be featuring a good selection of these projects in the next few weeks.
The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 15th year, is the profession's best known recognition program for sustainable design excellence. The program celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems and technology. They make a positive contribution to their communities, improve comfort for building occupants and reduce environmental impacts through strategies such as reuse of existing structures, connection to transit systems, low-impact and regenerative site development, energy and water conservation, use of sustainable or renewable construction materials, and design that improves indoor air quality.
The 2011 COTE Top Ten Green Projects jury includes: Joshua W. Aidlin, AIA, Aidlin Darling Design; Mary Guzowski, University of Minnesota School of Architecture; Kevin Kampschroer, General Services Administration, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings; Mary Ann Lazarus, AIA LEED AP, HOK; Jennifer Sanguinetti, P.E. LEED AP, Smart Buildings & Energy Management, BC Housing; and Lauren Yarmuth, LEED AP, YRG New York.
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Last Updated on Monday, 18 April 2011 06:31 |
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Stanford University selects Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design new Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building for the arts |
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Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:31 |
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The new building will provide unified facilities for art history, art practice and film programs. The new interdisciplinary arts hub is part of a major investment in the arts across the campus.
Stanford University announced today that it has selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design a new home for the Department of Art and Art History. The 90,000-square-foot Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building will serve as an interdisciplinary hub for the arts at Stanford and further the ongoing development of an "Arts District" at the entrance to campus. The new facility, named in recognition of Deedee and Burt McMurtry (MS '59, PhD '62), who provided a $30 million gift toward its creation, will be a cornerstone in Stanford's initiative to enhance and expand the role the arts play throughout campus.
The McMurtry Building will house the department's programs in art practice, design, art history, film and media studies, and documentary film, which currently occupy several different facilities on campus. Diller Scofidio + Renfro, selected for its experience and distinctive approach to architecture for the arts and education, will design the space to foster interaction and collaboration among students and faculty across artistic disciplines, and advance the integration of the arts and art history into other areas of the university.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 April 2011 12:32 |
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3LHD - Green Pavilion / Restaurant in Zagreb |
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:38 |
 The most important element and the inspiration for this project is the location itself, with extremely high quality existing vegetation densely distributed throughout the plot and gradually diluted out toward the eastern edge. The idea of the new Pavilion / Restaurant is to construct a space by mapping the area of high quality trees and to define the remaining territory for construction. By raising this "cut" green territory in the air the space “below” is created. The basic formal and functional element and a seasonal regulator of light is so-called “vegetative” canopy that has been formed along the entire edge of the roof.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 14 April 2011 11:57 |
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AIA Diversity Recognition Program selects three Honorees |
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Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:31 |
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Program Lauds Efforts to Create a More Diverse and Inclusive Profession
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion recently announced that it has selected three honorees as part of its Diversity Recognition Program. Now in its third year, the Diversity Recognition program recognizes architects, component chapters, and others who are actively committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the architecture profession.
“The DRP celebrates the best practices by AIA members, components, schools and firms to diversify the architectural profession,” writes 2011 juror Clarence Kwan, AIA, who was instrumental in the development of the Diversity Recognition Program while a member of the former AIA Diversity Committee. “It showcases how different folks design the processes that meet their needs. Hopefully others can learn from these examples and implement their own plans.”
Honorees for the 2011 AIA Diversity Recognition Program are:
· Carol Kurth, FAIA(Bedford, NY) – Fostering Diversity through Teaching, Mentoring and Practice
· Dougherty & Dougherty Architects, LLP(Costa Mesa, CA) – Firm-wide Focus on Creating a Diverse Practice
· Shepley Bulfinch(Boston, MA) - Forging a Diverse Culture
Submissions by this year’s award recipients will be exhibited at the 2011 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans, and will be available for viewing at the AIA’s Diversity and Inclusion web page in May: www.aia.org/diversity. |
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