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FORT BRADSHAW RENOVATION

VITAL STATS Certification Status Living Certified Version of LBC 3.1 Location Williamstown, MA, USA Gross Building Area 12,875 SF Start of Occupancy February 2021 Number of Occupants 13 TEAM ROSTER Owner Williams College Architect Mesick Cohen Wilson Baker Architects General Contractor A/Z Corportation MEP Engineer Quantum Engineering Co. P.C. Structural Engineer Spring Line Design Interior […]
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THE GREEN POINT PROJECT

VITAL STATS Certification Status Petal Certified Version of LBC 3.1 Location Cowichan Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Project Area 232 square meters Start of Occupancy August 2019 Number of Occupants 4 TEAM ROSTER Owners Kenneth Chooi and Fiona McLagan Architect Green Point Design Collective Passive House Consultant Nido Design Inc. Design Team Green Point Design […]
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SMITH BECHTEL ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSROOM

Smith College’s Bechtel Environmental Classroom in Whately, Massachusetts is a new, 2,500 S.F. single-story wood-framed classroom building, acting as a field station for a 233-acre forest and pasture property. For the past 60 years the property has accommodated an astronomical observatory. Recently, Smith College declared its intention to open the pastoral setting to class activity, […]
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GOOGLE CHICAGO

CONNECTING TO HISTORICAL CONTEXT Google Chicago Headquarters is located in the city’s historic West Loop neighborhood. The seven-floor office was formerly a windowless cold storage warehousing facility. The transformed space includes a dedicated lobby for Google employees, conference space, themed office, meeting space, and a café with a full-service kitchen. The design team focused on […]
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KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL

HEALING THROUGH NATURE The Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is the winner of the first-ever Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award. Driven by the Ex-CEO’s request that the hospital be designed so that “one’s blood pressure lowers when he/she enters the hospital grounds.” The hospital achieves that by seamlessly integrating with nature to: Help patients forget their […]
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SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS RESEARCH CENTRE

PRACTICING BIOPHILIC DESIGN The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC), part of the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus, was created to test and demonstrate technologies that will inspire the green building movement in Australia. Wollongong is a few hours south of Sydney, on the beautiful New South Wales coast, and the Centre is situated between a […]
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GLUMAC SHANGHAI

EXPRESSING CULTURE When Glumac had the chance to move their office into the third floor of a 100-year-old mansion in Shanghai’s historic Chang Ning District, they jumped at the opportunity. Given the poor outside air quality, creating a healthy indoor environment was paramount. Taking guidance from Terrapin Green’s 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design, which coalesce […]
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GARDEN TOWER PROJECT

Garden Tower Project (GTP) is small company with big ideas located in Bloomington, Indiana.  Committed to socially and ecologically responsible practices at every level, GTP is rapidly becoming a leader in the container garden industry.  In an era of urbanization, rapidly rising food prices, and industrial farming practices that strip land and food of essential […]
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CREEKSIDE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

Creekside Community High School is a 17,830 sf building located in Tigard, OR, which is a suburb of Portland. The building operates on a typical high school schedule with mostly full occupancy from approximately 8am-5pm from September 14th to June 16th, and reduced usage in the summer months. The building also has very limited use […]
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FIVE ELEMENTS HARVEST HOUSE

VITAL STATS PROJECT TEAM BUILDING SYSTEMS INFORMATION NON-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS Active/Passive thermal masses and integrated stack effect: South facing solarium with 10-inch black slab and 8-inch concrete wall to basement intakes heat during daylight, which is refused by exterior doors to basement/main house or accepted via these doors to heat basement/main floor and to convey heat […]
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