AIA, COTE Announce 2009 Top Ten Green Projects

AIA and COTE will honor the projects at the AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition.

Laurel Petriello -- Interior Design, 4/21/2009

Charles Hostler Student Center, VJAA, Photo by Paul Crosby

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) recently announced their picks for this year’s top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions.

The 2009 COTE Top Ten Green Projects program singles out projects that integrate architecture, natural systems, and technology, which improve comfort for building occupants and reduce environmental impacts. Projects were judged against a rigorous set of criteria and demonstrated design innovation while positively contributing to their communities.

“In architecture, performance and aesthetics are inextricably linked. The COTE Top Ten is one of the very few awards that evaluate performance and design,” said jury members. “Other awards and organizations look strictly at performance without care for how a building looks.”

This year’s esteemed professional jury included  Michelle Addington of Yale School of Architecture; Brandy Brooks of Community Design Resource Center of Boston; William Leddy of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects; Nadav Malin of BuildingGreen LLC; Kim Shinn of LTLC Engineering for Architecture; and James Timberlake of Kieran Timberlake Associates LLP. AIA and COTE will honor the selected projects next week at the AIA 2009 National Convention and Design Exposition in San Francisco.

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Charles Hostler Student Center
Architect: VJAA
Location: Beirut, Lebanon

Chartwell School
Architect: EHDD Architecture
Location: Seaside, CA

Gish Apartments
Architect: OJK Architecture and Planning
Location: San Jose, CA

Great River Energy Headquarters
Architect: Perkins+Will
Location: Maple Grove, Minnesota

Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Architect: Ross Barney Architects
Location: Evanston, Illinois

Portola Valley Town Center
Co-Architects: Siegel & Strain Architects; Goring and Straja Architects
Location: Portola Valley, CA

Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Architect: Lake|Flato Architects
Location: Orange, Texas

Synergy at Dockside Green
Architect: Busby Perkins+Will
Location: Victoria, British Colombia

The Terry Thomas
Architect: Weber Thompson
Location: Seattle, WA

World Headquarters for the International Fund for Animal Welfare
Architect: DesignLAB Architects
Location: Yarmouth Port, MA 

Photo credit from top: Paul Crosby, Michael David Rose Photography, Bernard André Photography, Lucie Marusin, Steve Hall for Hedrich Blessing, César Rubio, Hester + Hardaway, Vince Klassen, Gabe Hanson, Peter Vanderwarker.

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