What Makes it Green? Winners Selected

Last night AIA Seattle selected the top 10 entries to the 2009 What Makes it Green? competition. Recognition was awarded to a broad range of project types and sizes, recognizing exemplary performance in sustainable design for both built and on the boards projects. The jury of notable sustainable design leaders and co-chairs included:

• Kevin Hydes, former Chair of the World Green Building Council, and U.S. Green Building Council, past president of Keen Engineering and Vice President of Stantec.
• Sandy Wiggins, immediate past chair of the U.S. Green Building Council and Director and Founding Chair of the Green Building Certification Institute.
• Gwynne Pugh, co-founder of Pugh+Scarpa Architects
• Tom Paladino, Found and President of Paladino and Company (co-chair)
• Dave Goldberg, Mithun (co-chair)

Winning projects included:

• Barn Beach Reserve, Leavenworth, WA - Bassetti Architects
• Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Facility Education Center, King County, WA - Mithun
• Building 35 Natural Sciences Facility, Miller/Hull
• Dockside Green, Victoria, BC - Perkins and Will
• The Joseph Vance Building, Seattle, WA - Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
• Klos Building, Billings, MT - High Plains Architects
• Olympic Mills Commerce Center, Portland, OR - Works Partnership Architecture
• San Juan Channel House, San Juan, WA - D+A Studio
• The Terry Thomas Building, Seattle, WA - Weber Thompson
• EPA Region 8 Headquarters, Denver, CO - Zimmer Gunsul Frasca

For more information about these award-winning projects, please visit the AIA Seattle website at this link.