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New Sidwell Middle School a Living Component to D.C. Campus
Sustainable design a perfect fit for education institution’s green philosophy
Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. recently opened its new sustainable middle school and is seeking to earn LEED® Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Philadelphia-based KieranTimberlake Associates worked with Sidwell to incorporate the school’s Quaker philosophy—to be stewards of the Earth—into the green design. The new school and its campus will also serve as a sustainable education tool for students.

Integrated Design/Integrated Development Conference Selects Four Winning Green Projects
The AIA New Hampshire Environmental Guild and the Jordan Institute announced the four winners of the third Excellence in Sustainable Design and Development Awards Program on October 6. The IDID Awards Program honors outstanding architecture, landscape architecture, planning, or historic preservation projects that demonstrate excellence in design and substantive engagement of sustainable design principles and highlight the beneficial synthesis of an integrated design process.

Centerbrook Architects Work Their Magic at U of Colorado/Denver Medical Library
Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, Conn., has a $35 million medical library under construction at the developing 227-acre Fitzsimons Campus of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. The 113,000-square-foot medical library will be the “front door” to the new campus and support a wide range of medical research. The three-floor library will provide full access to the public on the first floor and become increasingly private (and quiet) on upper floors.