GREEN TOP TEN - BUILDINGS FOR EDUCATION

In Newberg, Oregon, southwest of Portland, the first building has been built on a new 15-acre (6-hectare) campus for Portland Community College (PCC). The structure's distinctive forms provide a visual clue about the strategies — including passive cooling and extensive daylighting — that were used to achieve its goal of zero net energy use.

PCC Newberg Center, Portland, Oregon — Hood River Middle School Music and Science Building, Hood River, Oregon — Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — UC Merced Long Range Development Plan, Merced, California — And more...

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GREEN TOP TEN - OFFICE BUILDINGS

When Perkins + Will recently sought to move its Atlanta offices, the firm wanted the new facility to serve as a case study for sustainable design. So, the multidisciplinary design firm purchased a 1986 office building across from the High Museum, and reconfigured it while retaining much of the structure, and improving the energy-using systems.

The renovated six-story, 79,000-square-foot (7,300-square-meter) building at 1315 Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta meets the 2030 Challenge and recently earned LEED Platinum certification.   (Published 2012.0502)

1315 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia — Iowa Utilities Board Building, Des Moines, Iowa — Mercy Corps Headquarters, Portland, Oregon — Chandler City Hall, Chandler, Arizona

HOKI MUSEUM BY NIKKEN SEKKEI

When we are astonished by a building, it is often because we don't fully understand it. In such a case, we strive to close the gap between what we see and what we already know of architecture.   (Published 2012.0425)

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Use Authorities to Get Your Wages, RMJM Dubai Boss Advises Staff — BD (Registration required), 2012.0516

How the Architectural Association Was Fleeced Out of £1 Million — BD (Registration required), 2012.0514

Guernsey Design Award Winners Announced — Isle News, 2012.0514

Orbit Tower Unveiled at London's Olympic Park — CNN, 2012.0511

London Mayor Renews Backing for Foster's Estuary Airport — BD (Registration required), 2012.0510

Pointed Spat over World Trade Spire — Wall Street Journal, 2012.0510

Rafael Moneo Wins 2011 Prince of Asturias Arts Prize — Washington Post, 2012.0509

NewSchool Team Wins International Skyscraper Competition — New School Press Release, 2012.0509

Aga Khan Building Wins Governor General's Medal — Ottawa Citizen, 2012.0509

President of Maxxi Museum Resigns — BD (Registration required), 2012.0509

Architect Santiago Calatrava Accused of 'Bleeding Valencia Dry' — Guardian Unlimited, 2012.0508

CornellNYC Chooses Morphosis — New York Times, 2012.0508

Architect Fined after Mosque Outburst — BD (Registration required), 2012.0508

U.K. Government Releases Extra Land for Housing — BD (Registration required), 2012.0508

Petrol Stations Granted Listed Building Status — MSN, 2012.0508

Ai Weiwei + Herzog & DeMeuron Plans Underground Pavilion for London’S Serpentine — Bloomberg, 2012.0508

PROFILE: Australia House Design Competition Winner Andrew Burns — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2012.0504

William Lam, 87; Architect Made Lighting Part of Design — Boston Globe, 2012.0504

U.K. Architectural Association Implicated in Accounting Scam — BD (Registration required), 2012.0504

Brutalist Building, Damaged, Gets Reprieve — New York Times, 2012.0503

Finalists Announced for Belle/Coco Republic Interior Design Awards — Architecture & Design, 2012.0501

The Darling in Sydney Wins Best New Hotel Design at Asia-Pacific International Hotel Awards — Architecture & Design, 2012.0430

Architect of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art to Respond to Critics — Architecture & Design, 2012.0430

UCB Okanagan Buildings Receive Five Green Globes Awards — Canadian Architect, 2012.0430

AIA San Francisco announces 2012 Architecture Awards — San Francisco Chronicle, 2012.0427

RMJM Star Architect Exits Firm — BD (Registration required), 2012.0426

Olympic Velodrome Wins Prize at Design of the Year Awards — Building Design (registration required), 2012.0425

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New Ground Found with Nobility, Grace and Budgetary Restraint — Sydney Morning Herald, 2012.0514

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Architecture Review: A Poor Replica of Barnes Foundation Museum — Los Angeles Times, 2012.0511

Paul Goldberger Gives the Barnes a Rave — Curbed Philly, 2012.0508

At Garden's Visitor Center, a Welcome Transparency — New York Times, 2012.0508

Johns Hopkins Hospital Addition Strives to Combine Whimsy and Function — Washington Post, 2012.0507

The Barnes Foundation — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0507

Pianola Roll Call Strikes a Chord — The Age, 2012.0504

FAT Collective's Riverside One — Guardian Unlimited, 2012.0504

Review: Lackluster Expo Line Reflects Metro's Weak Grasp of Design — Los Angeles Times, 2012.0502

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Workplace Makeover: NBBJ's Gates Foundation in Seattle — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0502

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Centre for Brain Health Design Unveiled — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0430

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North Vancouver Home Renovated and Updated — Vancouver Sun, 2012.0430

A Newly-Opened State Headquarters Turns Heads in Raleigh. — Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0430

A Ballpark That May Be Louder Than the Fans — New York Times, 2012.0428

Architecture Isn’T Dead. . . Yet — Toronto Star, 2012.0427

Abramovich Partner Zhukova Shows Koolhaas Gallery Plans — Bloomberg, 2012.0427

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Ottawa's Tall Buildings 'Underachieve,' Planning Summit Hears — Ottawa Citizen, 2012.0427

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A House in Leiria, Portugal — I Love My Architect, 2012.0426

Metro Douses Expectations on Union Station Project — Chicago Tribune, 2012.0426

A Toronto Condo Aims at a Maturing Client — Globe and Mail, 2012.0426

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