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EducationalFINALISTS

INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

Submitted By: Richard Mooore Environmental Consulting

Size: 482,750 square feet

Location: Boston

Cost: $160 million

Northeastern University’s International Village, a mixed-use project, achieved

LEED Gold certification, and it is the largest Gold educational complex in the

U.S. (at time of award.) The program includes residence halls for undergradu-

ate students (1,200 beds), offices, class and conference rooms for the university

and retail space. The complex consists of four linked buildings connected

by a ground-floor plinth whose rooftop provides a green garden roof for the

students. Three towers form the student dormitories (22, 19 and 9 stories

respectively) and the fourth building contains ground floor retail, offices, class

and conference rooms.

COPYRIGHT TIMOTHY HURSLEY

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MORRIS ARBORETUMHORTICULTURE CENTER

Submitted By: Overland Partners Architects

Size: 20,000 gross square feet

Location: Springfield Township, Pa.

Cost: $7.8 million

Once a 19th century private estate, the University of Pennsylvania Morris Arbo-

retum Horticulture Center is now a 21st century world-renowned public garden

and educational institution. The first phase of the new horticulture center forms

a campus anchored by a central “farm courtyard.” Thousands of rare pl ants, in-

cluding some of Philadelphia’s oldest and largest trees, are set on a 92-acre land-

scape. The current buildings are designed to achieve LEED Platinum. Addition-

ally, the buildings create an entire water management system including water

harvesting and a constructed wetland that provides treatment of wastewater.

STEPS BUILDING

Submitted By: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Size: 135,000 gross square feet

Location: Bethlehem, Pa.

Cost: $62 million

The STEPS Building houses Lehigh University’s new Science, Technology, Environ-

ment, Policy and Society program, which integrates the sciences, environmental

studies, engineering and the social sciences. From the beginning, the design

process integrated site and campus; program and activity; and technological

and sustainable criteria. The architects identified opportunities to enhance the

physical campus and improve campus life through social stimulation as well as

provide new teaching and learning resources for a balanced, holistic outcome.

While melding site and program, the architects introduced technological and

sustainable practices to achieve a fully integrated design.

CREDIT: JEFFREY TOTARO

CREDIT: BARRY HALKIN PHOTOGRAPHY



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KINNEAR CENTRE FOR CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION, BANFF CENTRE

Submitted By: Diamond and Schmitt Architects Size: 88,000 square feet

Location:Banff, Alberta, Canada

Cost:$63.4 million (CAD)

The Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation is at the physical and programmatic heart of the Banff Centre cam-

pus. It provides opportunities for people from different disciplines and varied expertise. The Kinnear Centre contains

a three story galleria, naturally lit with clerestory, which is the functional as well as social spine of the Kinnear Centre,

connecting all levels. The horizontal, minimalist exterior contrasts with the verticality and majesty of the mountains,

resulting in a structure that blends with the landscape. The Kinnear Centre is targeting LEED Gold certification.

CREDIT: TOM ARBAN

SOUTH TAHOE HIGH SCHOOL

Submitted By: LPA Inc.

Size: CTE Green Academy, 27,300 squarefeet; ORG: 29,200 square feet

Location: South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Cost: CTE CTE Green Academy, $400/square foot; ORG: $550/square foot

Lake Tahoe Unified School district embarked on

a facilities master plan to create five facilities

for its students. The CTE Green Construction

and Transportation Academy was the first to

be completed and was quickly followed by

the Overcrowding Relief Grant (ORG) funded

classroom building. Both buildings are CHPS

designed and qualified for a high-performance

energy grant by beating California’s Title 24

energy standard by 30 percent. The CTE Green

Construction and Transportation Academy

exposes students to green careers.

CREDIT: LPA INC./COSTEA PHOTOGRAPHY INC.

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See the articleCustomizing Spaces that

Build Career Interest inthe March 2011 issue

of ED+C for a case studyon this project.



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