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The U.S. Green Building Council is rolling out the long-awaited LEED Version 3 on April 27, 2009. It's been ten years since the first LEED version was released in 1999, and this release is intended to initiate a pattern of biennial updates. The green building industry has been asking for changes to LEED for some time. One of the criticisms of the current LEED Version 2 has been the inequity of the one-point-per-strategy system.
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Ayers/ Saint/ Gross in Charlottesville, Virginia — The Freelon Group, Adjaye Associates, Davis Brody Bond, and SmithGroup in Washington, D.C., USA — Peter Zumthor in Haldenstein, Switzerland — Kha Le-Huu & Partners in Gainesville, Florida — Moxon Architects in Preston, England, United Kingdom — Wittfoht Architekten in Geneva, Switzerland — Jones Lang LaSalle, Clinton Climate Initiative, Rocky Mountain Institute, and Johnson Controls Inc in New York, New York — FARO architecten bv in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
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In León, Mexico, a white stone-and-glass-clad structure expresses monumental solidity while maintaining indoor-outdoor connectivity. A three-story pergola of white-painted steel covers a plaza and rooftop terrace, adding a rhythmic lightness to the composition. This is the new library designed by Pei Partnership Architects for the state of Guanajuato.
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The Danforth University Center provides a new gothic-style gathering space and "front door" for Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Designed by Tsoi/ Kobus & Associates, Inc., the center received one of eleven Palladio Awards for 2009.
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OLSON SUNDBERG KUNDIG ALLEN AIA FIRM AWARD Since Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects was founded, the Seattle firm has sought to integrate contemporary architectural forms into the natural settings of the Pacific Northwest, employing a combination of sensitivity and efficiency that can be recognized as sustainable design.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Pritzker Gives Permanence to an Ephemeral Magic — Brisbane Times, 2009.0416
Hello LEED V3! — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0415
People and Places 2009.0415 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0415
Smithsonian Picks Black History Museum Designer — Associated Press, 2009.0415
Pritzker Prize Goes to Peter Zumthor — New York Times, 2009.0413
Swiss Architect Receives the Pritzker Prize — Washington Post, 2009.0412
Earthquake Upsets Italian Architecture — Yale Daily News, 2009.0410
Construction Begins on London's Shard — New Civil Engineer, 2009.0409
AIA/ALA Library Awards — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0408
Italians Comb through Rubble after Quake — New York Times, 2009.0408
Plans for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Revealed — San Francisco Examiner, 2009.0407
Death Toll in Italy Quake on the Rise — Los Angeles Times, 2009.0407
Strong Quake Hits Italy, at Least 92 Dead — United Press International, 2009.0406
People and Places 2009.0401 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0401
Brooklyn Bridge to Get Face-Lift Thanks to Feds, Says Bloomberg — New York Daily News, 2009.0330
Plans Unveiled for African American Museum — Washington Post, 2009.0327
People and Places 2009.0318 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0318
$700M in Federal Aid Finally Flowing to N.O. — USA Today, 2009.0317
Future of Many Architectural Firms in Doubt — Charlotte Observer, 2009.0316
Grand Paris: Architects Reveal Plans to Transform French Capital — Telegraph, 2009.0313
California Schools Honored for Intelligent Design — PR Web, 2009.0312
People and Places 2009.0311 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0311
Palladio Awards 2009 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0311
Congregation Beth Sholom's Design Honored — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0309
Tram Firm under Fire over Cologne Building Collapse — Scotsman Online, 2009.0305
German Archive Building Collapses — BBC News, 2009.0304
People and Places 2009.0304 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0304
Sverre Fehn, 84, Architect of Modern Nordic Forms, Dies — New York Times, 2009.0228
AIA CEO Talks TOD to Transportation Finance Reform Panel — AIA Press Release at ArchWeek, 2009.0227
People and Places 2009.0225 — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0225
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