ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 423
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Fri Apr 17 12:31:18 PDT 2009
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GREEN SYNAGOGUE
by Michael J. Crosbie
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When the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of
Evanston, Illinois, set out to build a new synagogue,
they found the goal of achieving LEED Platinum
certification arising naturally from the spiritual
context.
"The Torah teaches us that the earth does not belong to
us, that we are but stewards of God's creation," says
Rabbi Brant Rosen. "Building the most sustainable
facility possible was for us a religious act."
Designed by Chicago architect Carol Ross Barney, FAIA,
of Ross Barney Architects, the new synagogue succeeded
in reaching Platinum, and did so with style. The new
building is a composition of glassy walls revealing its
interior, contrasting with a tight envelope of
repurposed wood that gives it a warm character. It
alludes to the old wooden synagogues of Eastern Europe,
with a ceremonial portal of white Jerusalem stone
symbolically linking it to Judaism's holiest city.
The project's outstanding sustainability has also earned
it a spot among the 2009 Top Ten Green Projects named by
the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on
the Environment (COTE), announced April 13.
Engaging Nature
The new synagogue is a tight cube in form, which
contributes to its overall energy efficiency. It opens
to the street with a wall of glass, revealing a graceful
stair that ascends two floors, leading to a light-filled
sanctuary. The exposed wood walls wrapping the building
on three sides face the newly planted landscape, bonding
the synagogue exterior with its parklike setting.
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Hello LEED v3!
by Amanda Sturgeon
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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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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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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 - 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
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