A Joint Project by the:

Grand Valley
Society of Architects

building communities


school of architecture
Advanced Case Studies in Sustainable Design

Terri Meyer Boake B.E.S. B.Arch. M.Arch.
 

Associate Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo

 


International and U.S. Projects and Examples

 

 


Non-Canadian Sustainable Building Case Studies:

The projects below have been researched by students at the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo. The primary motivation for the course associated with this research has been to focus on Canadian case studies. For various reasons, the students chose these instead!

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International Projects: Masters Level
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Jubilee School
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects

London, England




 
 

Menara Mesiniaga IBM Headquarters
Ken Yeang

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

web article 1
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Bill Chan, Michael Fung, Kelly Lam, Vivien Liu

Floating Houses
Trilobus (Jelly Fish) Houseboat

Various locations

 
       
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United States Projects: Masters Level
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WMEP Interdistrict Downtown School
Cuningham Architects

Minneapolis, Minnesota



 

Chicago Center for Green Technology

Chicago, Illinois

 

Victoria Beltrano, Joseph Lo, Anca Matyiku, Lejla Odobasic

Lillis Business School, University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

   


images added December 2007

Seattle City Hall

Seattle, Washington

LEED Gold

Better Bricks article
Green Roof project article

 


images added December 2007

Seattle Justice Center
NBBJ Architects

Seattle, Washington

LEED Silver

Double skin facade system

 

images added January 2008

IslandWood Retreat
Mithun Architects with Keen Engineering

Bainbridge Island (Seattle), Washington

LEED Gold  

images added December 2008

The Aldo Leopold Legacy Center
The Kubala Washtako Architects

Baribou, Wisconsin

LEED Platinum

First Carbon Neutral Building in the United States

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last updated December 30, 2008