ED+C Announces 2006 Excellence in Design Awards

ED+C) magazine has announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Design Awards. This year’s jury included

ED+C staff members as well as Rick Fedrizzi, president and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC); Jim Nicolow, AIA, head of the sustainability initiative at Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc.; Robert Prud’homme, Assoc. AIA, owner of Robert B. Prud’homme Design, LLC; Doug Schroeder, associate director of the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council; Steven Winter, FAIA, president of Steven Winter Associates, Inc.; and Jerry Yudelson, P.E., associate principal of Interface Engineering, Inc. More information about the winners (listed below) and the finalists is online at www.edcmag.com.

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111 South Wacker Drive, in Chicago, won the category for commercial, office, industrial, and corporate projects. The 1.5 million ft² (140,000 m²) office tower, which earned a Gold rating in USGBC’s LEED^® for Core and Shell rating system, was developed by the John Buck Company and designed by Lohan Caprile Goettsch Architects (now Goettsch Partners, Inc.).

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Cannon Beach Cottage, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, won for single-family homes. Designed by Nathan Good Architect, PC, the 2,300 ft² (210 m²) home earned a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score of 94.0 and a Platinum rating in Portland General Electric’s Earth Advantage^® program.

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David D. Hunting YMCA, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, won for institutional, nonprofit, educational, and healthcare buildings. The 159,000 ft² (15,000 m²) building was designed by Integrated Architecture.

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Dominican Center at Marywood, the spirituality center of the Grand Rapids Dominicans, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, won for multiuse residential projects. This 51-unit residence, offering assisted living and skilled care, was designed by Perkins Eastman.

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Lewis and Clark State Office Building, in Jefferson City, Missouri, won for government projects. The 120,000 ft² (11,000 m²) building, which earned a LEED for New Construction Platinum rating, was designed by BNIM Architects.