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EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARDS ED+C’S 2008 EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARD FINALISTS THE MILLS COLLEGE BETTY IRENE MOORE NATURAL SCIENCES BUILDING Completion Date: June 2007 Size: 26,000 square feet Location: Oakland, Calif. Submitted by: Mills College The new Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building at Mills College announces its intentions clearly and eloquently: Within moments of stepping through the arbor-shaded front door, one is drawn to features that showcase achievement, inspiration, conservation, and sustainability. The building’s intensively energy-efficient design has earned a LEED Platinum rating. The $17 million structure is almost 90 percent more energy efficient than a typical lab in the Bay Area and 45 percent more energy efficient than required by state law. It features a photovoltaic system that provides 30 percent of the building’s electrical needs. The building was designed by San Francisco-based EHDD Architecture, campus architect Karen Fiene, and design consultant Peter Dodge. STUDENT RESOURCE BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Completion Date: January 2007 Size: 69,500 square feet Location: Santa Barbara, Calif. Submitted by: Sasaki Associates Inc. The new Student Resources Building (SRB) consolidates key division services while giving student groups a home base from which to promote and stage activities. The resulting design maintains a high degree of openness and transparency throughout the building, creating a welcoming atmosphere and fostering interaction and community-building between the diverse student groups, faculty and staff. Located on the Pardall Corridor, the primary east-west pedestrian and bicycle path to the campus, the SRB is a component of the major arrival gateway that connects the adjacent Isla Vista community to the core campus. Entering the Forum, daylight is decanted through clerestory windows. Delicate wood screens to filter light act as a counterpoint to the solidity of the building’s concrete shell. The Forum functions as the key component of the natural smoke ventilation system. A system of operable louvers, pivot windows, and doors eliminates the need for mechanical ventilation. UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND, CAMILLE KENDALL ACADEMIC CENTER Completion Date: August 2007 Size: 195,000 square feet Location: Rockville, Md. Submitted by: Cannon Design The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) is a University System of Maryland (USM)sponsored collaboration that consolidates educational programs from various Maryland public degree-granting institutions to one suburban facility. Cannon Design incorporated sustainable features that qualified the University of Maryland to receive LEED Gold certification for the Kendall Center. One of six new buildings in the campus master plan updated in 2002, the Camille Kendall Academic Center is a learning resource center. A five-story atrium is a key feature of this facility, which also houses 45 classrooms, more than 120 offices, dining service with full kitchen, and central plants for heating and cooling. An intensely energy-savingsdriven project, the Kendall Academic Center is a noteworthy model for the conservation of resources. Main building entrance with trellis made from reclaimed wood, photograph by Cesar Rubio. The SRB’s design maintains openness and transparency. The Camille Kendall Academic Complex is an icon of resource conservation. HONORABLE MENTIONS WWW.EDCMAG.COM Turman Hall, Emory University (Ayers/Saint/Gross, Inc.) | Commons Center, Vanderbilt University (Bruner Cott) Hector P Garcia Middle School (Perkins+Will) . Special thanks to our 2008 judges. ED+C’s other 2008 Excellence in Design Awards Winners can be found on pages 18-19. Future issues of ED+C will cover the winners in these categories. For previous winners, visit the ED+C website. Details on the 2009 competition are coming soon to www.EDCmag.com. + 28 http://www.EDCmag.com http://www.EDCmag.com

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