Living building challenge

The Pikes Peak Complex Summit Visitor's Center is a groundbreaking architectural project in the Colorado mountains that spans an impressive 38,000 square feet. The Pikes Peak Complex Summit project aims to create a sustainable, aesthetically pleasing, and functional visitor center embedded into the southeast side of Colorado's iconic Pikes Peak. Rather than appearing as a structure placed upon the mountain, the facility was designed to feel like it is an inherent part of the mountain itself. Banker Wire As visitors step inside the visitor center, they are welcomed by expansive views of the sky and the majestic Mount Rosa. Educational exhibits have been thoughtfully curated to immerse visitors in the mountain's extensive history, clima... Más

THE PEAK Pikes Peak, the most visited of Colorado’s great mountains, has long claimed a powerful hold on the public imagination. Nearly a million people each year ascend to the summit, where they are rewarded with the view that inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write the lyrics of “America the Beautiful.” Even earlier, “Pikes Peak or Bust!” was the famous refrain of gold prospectors who sought their fortune in the rugged Western territory. For visitors today, the perspective from 14,115 feet still evokes the awe and optimism of a seemingly limitless vista across the continent. This is the breathtaking setting for the Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center, the highest visitor center in the world. Designed to enhance t... Más

In partnership with Stony Brook University, the leading public research institute in New York, SOM will create a new, net-zero campus on Governors Island in New York Harbor to address the climate crisis. The New York Climate Exchange will be a first-of-its kind international center for developing and deploying dynamic solutions to our global climate crisis, while also acting as a regional hub for the rapidly evolving green economy.  © SOM | Brick Visual © SOM | Miysis As the lead architect on Stony Brook’s team, SOM has spent several months developing designs for a new kind of campus: one that not only sets the stage for our post-carbon world, but also centers a compelling new public realm for all New Yorkers... Más

In need of an updated, modern library to supply more space for community events and services while signaling the growth of the city, the county of San Diego, CA selected HED as the architect of record for the new Lakeside Community Library. Mike Torrey The new, 16,840 SF library is a signature building, landmark, and significant resource to the community designed to offer space and resources for enhanced community engagement and activity. It acts as a welcoming gathering place with a variety of services and events and provide for informational, educational, and civic engagement needs. In addition to the facility itself, the library is a source of additional positive impact in the community by being sustainable, with a design that conf... Más

Glenroy Community Hub’s centrepiece is a new contemporary library. Framing the Hub as a ‘social connector’ was a key strategy to build community resilience while bringing together diverse groups and encouraging community regeneration and inter-generational connection. The library is colocated with a kindergarten, Maternal Child Health, a community health provider, neighbourhood learning facilities, and space to socialise. Dianna Snape Photography In a first for community buildings in Australia, the Hub is Passive House certified, while also built to achieve Living Building Challenge Petal Certification and Zero Energy Certification. Both certifications rigorously measure environmental performance and demand high comf... Más

The design for Google’s first ever purpose-built headquarters is rooted in a single question: how can you make the office more human?Created by Heatherwick Studio and BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), the new campus spans two sites in Mountain View, California: Bay View and Charleston East. Bay View, the first phase to be completed, features three of the most sustainable workplace buildings in the world and establishes a 17.3-acre park and wetlands reserve.Below ground, the project has the largest geothermal pile system in North America. Above ground, under the Californian sun, the tent-like enclosures are made of waves of dragon-scale photovoltaic tiles, which turn energy generation into a spectacular design feature. Iwan Baan The typ... Más

Situado en el corazón de Atlanta, el Edificio Kendeda para el Diseño Innovador Sostenible de Georgia Tech fue creado para fomentar la educación medioambiental, la investigación y un foro público para la difusión de la comunidad. Diseñado por la colaboración de The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP y Lord Aeck Sargent Planning and Design, Inc (LAS), el edificio Kendeda es el primer Living Building de su clase en el sureste de Estados Unidos, estableciendo un nuevo estándar de sostenibilidad. Jonathan Hillyer El Living Building Challenge (LBC) es la norma de certificación de sostenibilidad para edificios más rigurosa del mundo. Un edificio vivo plenamente certificad... Más

HED’s passion for simplicity and sustainability balanced form with function and delight, while adhering to the realities of tight economic constraints. The five-story development is comprised of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residential units providing affordable housing for households at or below 60% of the area median income, along with interior and exterior shared community spaces. It also includes approximately 4,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, currently slated for development into a grocery store, addressing the lack of this amenity in the area. Patsy McEnroe Photography Inc Patsy McEnroe Photography Inc With a nationwide shortage of affordable housing it is important to celebrate successful... Más

Ubicada en un preciosoacantilado con vistas a Puget Sound, Loom House es unarenovacióncompleta de una casa clásica de mediados de siglo de la década de 1960. Diseñadapor The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP, un premiadoestudio de arquitecturaconocidopor su diseñosostenible y regenerativo, Loom House consiguió la certificación Living Building Challenge 4.0 aprincipios de 2021, lo que la convierte en una de las cuatroúnicasresidenciasdelmundo, y la primera casa renovada, en conseguirestacertificación. Inspirada en el entrelazamiento de personas, lugares, comunidades y equidad, Loom House ofrece a los propietarios de viviendas un prototipo para renovar sus casas utilizandoestrategias d... Más

El proyecto de ampliación y renovación del campus de Lick Wilmerding consiste en una importante renovación y adición de un aula principal, un edificio administrativo y laboratorios de ciencias. El proyecto negocia las limitaciones físicas de un campus urbano estrecho con las limitaciones de diseño de una estructura histórica. El diseño aprovecha la ubicación en un tramo muy peatonal de Ocean Ave, creando una nueva entrada principal que enfatiza la identidad de la escuela. La transparencia de la entrada mostrará el trabajo de los estudiantes y anunciará el centro de compromiso cívico de la escuela, que refleja el lema de la escuela "Head, Heart, Hands" (Cabez... Más

Jabe Blumenthal knows numbers. After graduating from Yale with a degree in Applied Mathematics he joined a little-known software company in the early 80s, Microsoft, and co-designed a little program we now know today as Microsoft Excel.   Jabe also knows climate change. He has served on the board of Seattle-based Climate Solutions for over a decade, advocating for ‘practical and profitable solutions to global warming’ throughout the Pacific Northwest. He also knows a thing or two about the costs and benefits of climate-friendly construction. He served on the board of the Bullitt Foundation when that group planned and built its noted “living building,” the Bullitt Center.   So when Jabe and his family be... Más