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Morphosis Architects, Giant Campus Project Situated amid existing canals and a new man made lake, the undulating office building interacts with an augmented ground plane, joining architecture to landscape, and environment to site. The Giant Campus project is a compact village that...GlobalMorphosis Architects, Giant Campus ProjectFoster + Partners, The Masdar Institute  The Masdar Institute is the first part of the wider Masdar City masterplan to be realised and creates an educational focus for the entire programme. The Institute embodies the principles and goals of Masdar to create a prototypical and sustainable...GlobalFoster + Partners, The Masdar Institute Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP,... This is RM&P’s third building within the Master Plan of Prague 4- Pankrác that began almost a decade ago with a local Czech developer and named the CITY Project. Based on RM&P's Master Plan of the superblock on the Pankrác Plains, this once...GlobalRichard Meier & Partners Architects LLP,...Ross-Barney Architects, Civil Engineering... The University of Minnesota Duluth has instituted a new Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (BSCE). The new building, completed in 2010, provides approximately 35,300 gross square feet to house classrooms, instructional and research...North AmericanRoss-Barney Architects, Civil Engineering...Lake|Flato Architects, Livestrong Foundation After 10 years of leasing space in a corporate office building, the Lance Armstrong Foundation decided it was time to invest in the city’s core by establishing a permanent home in East Austin, which is undergoing revitalization. The Foundation...North AmericanLake|Flato Architects, Livestrong FoundationArchitype DialogueUniversity of Manitoba, Department of... The Oxbow Field Station was realized in the context of a Sustainable Design Studio offered by the Department of Architecture, under the direction of Professor Eduard Epp, MRAIC, together with a group of 9 architecture students (Scott Dean, Alex...North AmericanUniversity of Manitoba, Department of...Belzberg	 Architects, Museum of the Holocaust Key Project Goals: The primary design strategy embeds the museum into the surrounding park landscape. This achieves a greater contextual integration while maintaining the openness of the site by continuing the usable green-space over the museum...North AmericanBelzberg Architects, Museum of the HolocaustRevelations Architects/Builders Corporation,... The E.D.G.E. (An Experimental Dwelling for a Greener Environment) Statement Program Statement. Today’s economic depression began with a failed American housing market! In a time when energy prices increase and life styles have evolved into ones of...North AmericanRevelations Architects/Builders Corporation,...Architype DialogueJulie Snow Architects, US Land Port of Entry The US Land Port of Entry in Warroad, Minnesota is a 40,108 square foot facility that supports the mission-driven demands of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency responsible for securing the nation’s borders and promoting...North AmericanJulie Snow Architects, US Land Port of EntryArchitype DialogueStudio 804, Inc., Sustainable Residence Project The residence at 3716 Springfield in Kansas City, Kansas, is an environmentally conscious, modern home which performs completely off the grid in an area desperately in need of revitalization. Being the first LEED platinum home in the Kansas...North AmericanStudio 804, Inc., Sustainable ResidenceArchitype DialogueH3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture ,... Given the heat and the continuous presence of the Texas sun, the design team of H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture and Balmori Associates, landscape designers, employed the play of light and shade as a key design element in the new headquarters for...North AmericanH3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture ,...Architype DialogueEnnead Architects, William H. Neukom Building The William H. Neukom Building fulfills the space needs of a growing faculty, reinforces the Law School community by fostering the collaboration essential to a rich educational experience and strengthens the visual identity of the Law School campus....North AmericanEnnead Architects, William H. Neukom BuildingBNIM , Omega Center In 2006, the Omega Institute commissioned BNIM to design a new highly sustainable wastewater filtration facility with a strong educational component focused on water. The project replaces the current wastewater disposal system for 119 buildings on a...North AmericanBNIM , Omega CenterToshiko Mori Architect PLLC, Syracuse Center... The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems Headquarters Building is a new 55,000 sq ft research center for a federation of more than two hundred institutes, corporations and academic programs that collaborate on the...North AmericanToshiko Mori Architect PLLC, Syracuse Center...Johnsen Schmaling Architects , OS House  Located in an old downtown neighborhood in Racine, Wisconsin, this house for a young family demonstrates how a small, sustainable residence built with a moderate budget can become a confident, new urban constituent, a harbinger of change in this...North AmericanJohnsen Schmaling Architects , OS House Architype DialogueCenterbrook Architects + Hopkins Architects,... This new home for a graduate school of forestry and environmental studies at a prominent university had ambitious goals, among them: being the flagship of the institution’s commitment to sustainable practices and energy conservation; to be novel...North AmericanCenterbrook Architects + Hopkins Architects,...Architype DialogueIconic Sustainable Projects Iconic Sustainable Projects