Awarded Projects Illustrate the Best in Regional Sustainable Design

The Seattle Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Seattle), congratulates the five recipients of the 2010 What Makes It GREEN? Awards. What Makes It GREEN? was established by AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) over a decade ago to recognize and learn from the best in sustainable design and promote the importance of green building. The awarded projects were announced at the What Makes it GREEN? Awards event held Monday in Seattle on June 2, 2010 at Daniels Recital Hall in downtown Seattle.

The What Makes It GREEN? program featured a four-member jury Bob Berkebile FAIA, Founding Principal, BNIM Architects, Don Horn AIA, Assistant Director, GSA Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Claire Johnson, Associate Director, Atelier Ten, San Francisco, and ALEX STEFFEN, Executive Editor, Worldchanging. The jury was moderated by Nadav Malin, President, BuildingGreen, Executive Editor, GreenSource

The jury selected two Gold-level projects, one Silver, and two Honorable Mentions, one for Rural Housing and one for Cultural Sensitivity.

2010 What Makes It GREEN? Co-Chairs were Margaret Montgomery AIA, LEED®AP and Jared Silliker, MBA, LEED®AP. The 2010 AIA Seattle Committee on the Environment Co-Chairs are David Mount AIA and Carl Dominguez AIA.

Below are the winning projects. Included are credits from the contractors, consultants, and other collaborators who helped make each project a success. Many thanks to the AIA Seattle Corporate Allied Partners who sponsored this program.

Descriptions and images of these and all submitted projects can be found here. High-resolution images available for download at right.

2010 What Makes It GREEN? Awarded Projects
 

GOLD

King Street Station Rehabilitation
ZGF Architects

Collaborators: GCCM: Sellen Owners Representative: Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc. SMEP Engineer: ARUP Historic Consultant: Artifacts, Inc. LEED Certification: Green Building Services, Inc. Cost Estimating: Davis Langdon Geotechnical Engineer: Hart Crowser, Inc Civil Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers, Inc Acoustic: Sparling Commissioning Agent: Keithly Barber Associates (Photo: ZGF Architects LLP; Seattle Department of Transportation; Museum of History & Industry)

Vancouver Convention Centre West
Design Architect: LMN Architects. Prime Architects: Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership & DA Architects & Planners

Collaborators: Project Manager: VCCEP Ltd. (Stantec Consulting) Contractor: PCL Construction Enterprises Civil Engineer: Sandwell Engineering Inc. Electrical Engineer: Schenke/Bawol Engineering Ltd. Landscape Architect: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Marine/Foundation Consultant: WorleyParsons Westmar Mechanical Engineer: Stantec Consulting Structural Engineer: Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers and EarthTech (Canada) Inc. Acoustic Consultants: Arup Acoustics and Daniel Lyzun & Assoc. Audio Visual: Sparling Barrier Free: Barrier Free Design Building Code Consultant: LMDG Building Code Consultants Ltd. Building Envelope Consultant: Morrison Hershfield Civil Engineer: Sandwell Engineering Inc. Commissioning Authority and Mechanical Commissioning Agent: KD Engineering Co. More collaborators (Photo: LMN/Studio 216)

SILVER

Twelve | West
ZGF Architects

Collborators: Gerding Edlen Development Company LLC - Developer, Construction Manager Downtown Development - Developer Hoffman Construction Company - General Contractor Glumac and Total Mechanical - M/E/P Engineers, Lighting Design KPFF Consulting Engineers - Structural Engineers David Evans and Associates - Civil Engineers (Photo: Timothy Hursley)

 

Honorable Mention for Rural Affordable Housing

Common Ground, A Co-op Neighborhood
Mithun

Collaborators: CLIENT: Lopez Community Land Trust CONSTRUCTION TRAINERS: Pamela Pauly, Construction Supervisor David Zapalac, Jan Scilipoti, Jeff Dyer, Loren Dickey, Peter Roloff, (Shantparv) Suzanne Berry. COMMON GROUND COOPERATIVE MEMBERS: Alison Risch &Henry, Chuenchom Sangarasri, Chris, Greacen, Ty and Isara Clive &Abigail Prout, lona, Donna Hasbrouck, Faith Van De Putte, Juan Velasquez, Beth Samuel, Shaun and Juan Anthony Jr., Karan Yvonne, Marjoe Davidson. (Photo: Mithun, Juan Hernandez)

Honorable Mention for Cultural Sustainability

Northwest Maritime Center
The Miller|Hull Partnership

Collaborators: Landscape Architects: GGLO | Costing: Roen Associates | Structural Engineering: Quantum Consulting Engineers | Mechanical Engineering: Ecotope, Inc. | Electrical Engineering: j Omega Engineering | Energy Consulting: Better Bricks | Civil Engineering: SvR Design Company | Interpretive Design: AldrichPears Associates | Interiors: Allbee Romein | Sustainability: O’Brien and Company (Photo: Nic Lehoux)