2015 AIA COTE Top Ten Projects

The AIA's Committee on the Environment awards honor the best in sustainable architecture and ecological design.

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This year’s COTE Top Ten Awards jury included Peter Busby, LEED Fellow and managing director at Perkins+Will; David John Neuman, founder and principal of Neu Campus Planning; Peter Rumsey, founder and CEO of Point Energy Innovations and Personal Comfort Systems; John Quale, Assoc. AIA, director of the School of Architecture + Planning at the University of New Mexico; and Alex Wilson, founder of the Resilient Design Institute.

We spoke with each member of the jury and asked them to discuss emerging trends from this year’s winning projects:

For jury comments and a breakdown of sustainable measures for each of the 10 winning projects, please click on the project name or photo below.

The Bullitt Center– The Miller Hull Partnership

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CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory – Diamond Schmitt

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Collaborative Life Sciences Building For OHSU, PSU, & OSU – SERA ARCHITECTS and CO Architects

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E+ // 226-232 Highland Street Townhouses – Interface Studio Architects (ISA) and Urbanica Design

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Hughes Warehouse Adaptive Reuse – Overland Partners

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MIlitary Medical Hospital– RTKL Associates

Location: San Antonio, Texas

New Orleans Bioinnovation Center (NOBIC) – Eskew+Dumez+Ripple

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Sweetwater Spectrum Community – Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

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Tassafaronga Village– David Baker Architects

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University Center – The New School – Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)

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About the Author

About the Author

Deane Madsen

Deane Madsen, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, is the former associate design editor for ARCHITECT, and still covers architecture and design in Washington, D.C. He earned his M.Arch. at UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design. Follow Deane on Twitter at @deane_madsen.

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