AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects of 2008

Each year the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) reviews submissions for built green projects and chooses the best of the best as tops for the year.

From AIA; this year’s 10 winners include:

• Aldo Leopold Legacy Center (The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc.) Cedarburg, WI
• Cesar Chavez Library (Line and Space, LLC) Tucson, AZ
• Discovery Center at South Lake Union (The Miller|Hull Partnership) Seattle, WA
• Garthwaite Center for Science and Arts, Cambridge School of Weston (Architerra, Inc.) Boston, MA
• Lavin-Bernick Center (VJAA) Minneapolis, MN
• Macallen Building Condominiums (Burt Hill with Office dA) Boston, MA
• Nueva School Hillside Learning Complex (Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects) San Francisco, CA
• Pocono Environmental Education Center (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Queens Botanical Garden Visitor & Administration Center (BKSK Architects) New York, NY
• Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery (KieranTimberlake Associates, LLP) Philadelphia, PA

These are some really nice projects based on all sorts of green criteria from community to team work, from energy saving, water use and more. Each project is worth a look. Aesthetics wise, I’m partial to the Yale building (below). But it was cool to read about all of the buildings.

[Photo credit: © Peter Aaron, Esto via AIA]

Visit AIA to learn all about what went into each project plus judging criteria. Included are nice photos of each project.