THE REST OF THE G-LIST
Top Green Buildings Since 1980
3 Votes
– San Francisco Federal Building (San Francisco), Morphosis, 2007
– National Library (Singapore), Hamzah & Yeang, 2005
– City Hall (London), Foster + Partners, 2003
– 4 Times Square (New York), FXFowle, 1998
– Tjibaou Cultural Center (New Caledonia), Renzo Piano Building Workshop, 1998
2 Votes
– Dell Children’s Medical Center (Austin, Texas), Karlsberger, 2007
– Save The Bay (Providence, R.I.), Croxton Collaborative Architects, 2006
– Solar Umbrella House (Venice, Calif.), Pugh + Scarpa, 2005
– Paper Church (Kobe, Japan), Shigeru Ban, 2005
– World Birding Center (Mission, Texas), Lake/Flato, 2004
– Bundestag (The Reichstag), Berlin, Germany, Foster + Partners, 1999
– GSW Building (Berlin), Sauerbruch Hutton, 1999
– 901 Cherry/Offices for Gap Inc. (San Bruno, Calif.), William McDonough + Partners, 1997
– CK Choi Building (Vancouver, B.C.), Matsusaki Wight Architects, 1996
– Harris “Butterfly” House (Mason’s Bend, Ala.), Rural Studio, 1996
– Furniture House (Yamanashi, Japan), Shigeru Ban, 1995
– Marika Alderton House (Nothern Territory, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1994
– Audubon Headquarters (New York), Croxton Collaborative Architects, 1993
– Next 21 (Osaka, Japan), Yositika Utida, et al., 1993
– Magney House (New South Wales, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1984
– Gregory Bateson Building (Sacramento, Calif.), Sim Van der Ryn/Calthorpe Architects, 1980
1 Vote
(Note: Two projects that received a single vote are not listed: one because it preceded 1980, the other because there is a lack of information.)
– Combs Point House (Ovid, N.Y.), Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2010
– 99K House (Houston), Hybrid/ORA, 2009
– Aqua Tower (Chicago), Studio Gang, 2009
– King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), HOK, 2009
– Kroon Hall, Yale University (New Haven, Conn.), Hopkins Architects, 2009
– Make It Right Housing (New Orleans), various architects, 2009
– Solar Decathlon entry (Washington, D.C.), Darmstadt Technical University, 2009
– Twelve West (Portland, Ore.), Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, 2009
– VNA Senior Living (Somerville, Mass.), Chia-Ming Sze Architect, 2009
– Vancouver Convention Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), LMN Architects, 2009
– Victorinox Special Edition Airstream (mobile), Airstream & Victorinox, 2009
– 355 11th Street (San Francisco), Aidlin Darling Design, 2008
– Cellophane House (New York), KieranTimberlake, 2008 (temporary)
– European Investment Bank (Luxembourg), Ingenhoven Architects, 2008
– Hostler Student Center (Beirut), VJAA, 2008
– InHaus2, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Duisburg, Germany), Unknown, 2008
– Mapungubwe National Park Interpretive Center (South Africa), Lerotholi Rich Associated Architects, 2008
– The Mountain (Copenhagen), Bjarke Ingels Group, 2008
– Shangri-La Botanical Gardens (Orange, Texas), Lake/Flato, 2008
– Solaris (Singapore), Hamzah & Yeang, 2008
– Special #9 House (New Orleans), KieranTimberlake, 2008
– Trail Magic Home (Oberlin, Ohio), Donald Watson/ Joseph Ferut Architects, 2008
– Center for Alternative Technology (Machynleth, Wales), Pat Borer and David Lea, 2007
– Desert Living Center (Las Vegas), Lucchesi Galati, 2007
– Habitat Research and Development Centre (Windhoek, Namibia), Nina Maritz Architect, 2007
– Queens Botanical Garden Visitors Center (Flushing, N.Y.), BKSK Architects, 2007
– Yodakandiya (Sri Lanka), Susi Platt/Architecture for Humanity, 2007
– Community Center (Ludesch, Austria), Hermann Kaufmann, 2006
– Big Dig House (Lexington, Mass.), Single Speed Design, 2006
– Darwin Martin House Visiting Center (Buffalo, N.Y.), Toshiko Mori, 2006
– Hearst Tower (New York, N.Y.), Foster + Partners, 2006
– Heifer International Headquarters (Little Rock, Ark.), Polk Stanley Rowland Curzon Porter, 2006
– Plaza Apartments (San Francisco), Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects, 2006
– Ballard Library (Ballard, Wash.), Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2005
– Denny Park Apartments (Seattle), Runberg Architecture Group, 2005
– Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (Toronto), Behnisch Architekten, 2005
– Folsom + Dore Apartments (San Francisco), David Baker + Partners, 2005
– Heelis, The National Trust Headquarters (Swindon, UK), Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios, 2005
– Federal Environment Agency (Dessau, Germany), Sauerbruch Hutton, 2005
– South Lake Union Discovery Center (Seattle), Miller Hull Partnership, 2005
– ZEO Building (Malaysia), unknown, 2005
– Alder Creek Middle School (Tahoe Truckee, Calif.), Lionakis, 2004
– Artists for Humanity Epicenter (Boston), Arrowstreet, 2004
– Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (Austin, Texas), LZT Associates, 2004
– Grundschule Riedberg (Frankfurt), 4a Architekten, 2004
– Global Ecology Research Center (Stanford, Calif.), EHDD Architecture, 2004
– Seattle Central Library (Seattle), OMA, 2004
– School of Nursing and Student Community Center (Houston), BNIM w/ Lake/Flato, 2004
– Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (Hyderabad, India), Karan Grover and Associates, 2004
– Turtle Bay Pedestrian Bridge (Redding, Calif.), Santiago Calatrava, 2004
– Bren School, UCSB (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, 2002
– IslandWood (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Mithun, 2002
– Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (Portland, Ore.), Holst Architecture, 2001
– Phoenix Central Library (Phoenix), Will Bruder + Partners, 2001
– Freiburg Vauban Zero-Energy Housing (Freiburg, Germany), Rolf Disch, 2000
– Eden Project (St. Blazey, UK), Grimshaw Architects, 2000
– Glass Chapel (Mason’s Bend, Ala.), Rural Studio, 2000
– Japanese Pavilion (Hannover, Germany), Shigeru Ban/Frei Otto, 2000
– Taylor House (Bahamas), Frank Harmon Architect, 2000
– EarthCraft House (Atlanta), Southface/Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, 1999
– Mont-Cenis Training Center (Herne-Sodingen, Germany), Jourda & Perraudin, 1999
– Supershed and Pods (Newbern, Ala.), Rural Studio, 1999
– Fletcher-Page House (Kangaroo Valley, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1998
– Marin Country Day School, Learning Resources Center (Corte Madera, Calif.), EHDD, 1998
– Canal City Hakata (Fukuoka, Japan), Jon Jerde, 1996
– Eastgate Centre (Harare, Zimbabwe), Mick Pearce, 1996
– Intelligent Workplace, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 1996
– SMUD Customer Service Center (Sacramento, Calif.), Mogavero Notestine Associates, 1996
– Herman Miller Greenhouse (Holland, Mich.), William McDonough + Partners, 1995
– Simpson-Lee House (New South Wales, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1994
– British Pavilion (Seville, Spain), Grimshaw Architects, 1992
– NRDC (New York), Croxton Collaborative Architects, 1990
– Kempsey Local History Museum (Kempsey, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1988
– Biosphere 2 (Tucson, Ariz.), Phil Hawes, 1987
– Lovins House/Rocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, Colo.), Aspen Design Group, 1984
– Mount Airy Public Library (Mount Airy, N.C.), Ed Mazria, 1984
– Ball-Eastaway House (New South Wales, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1983
– New Canaan Nature Center (New Canaan, Conn.), Buchanan/Watson Architects, 1982
– Marie Short House (Kempsey, Australia), Glenn Murcutt, 1980
– Daylit Walmart stores (various locations), various architects, ongoing
Top Green Building Since 2000
2 Votes
– San Francisco Federal Building (San Francisco), Morphosis, 2007
1 Vote
– Masdar Headquarters (Abu Dhabi, UAE), Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, 2013 (scheduled)
– NASA Sustainability Base (Mountain View, Calif.), William McDonough + Partners, 2011 (scheduled)
– Dockside Green (Victoria, B.C.), Busby Perkins+Will, 2010
– Bank of America Tower (New York), Cook + Fox Architects, 2009
– Kroon Hall, Yale University (New Haven, Conn.), Hopkins Architects, 2009
– Omega Center for Sustainable Living (Rhinebeck, N.Y.), BNIM, 2009
– The Mountain (Copenhagen), Bjarke Ingels Group, 2008
– Solaris (Singapore), Hamzah & Yeang, 2008
– Sidwell Friends School (Washington, D.C.), KieranTimberlake, 2006
– Druk White Lotus School (Ladakh, India), Arup, 2005
– Federal Environment Agency (Dessau, Germany), Sauerbruch Hutton, 2005
– Solar Umbrella House (Venice, Calif.), Pugh + Scarpa Architects, 2005
– Artists for Humanity Epicenter (Boston), Arrowstreet, 2004
– David l. Lawrence Convention Center (Pittsburgh), Rafael Viñoly Architects, 2003
– Genzyme Center (Cambridge, Mass.), Behnisch Architekten, 2003
– Colorado Court (Los Angeles), Pugh + Scarpa Architects, 2002
– Eden Project (St. Blazey, UK), Grimshaw Architects, 2000
Editor’s Note: We had hoped to report which survey respondents voted for which buildings. However, a number of respondents asked that their votes not be published—an understandable request. Therefore, rather than provide incomplete information, we have chosen to keep all votes anonymous.
