New CDC Headquarters Wins Silver LEED-NC Rating
Sunscreens, low VOCs, green campus create a healthy workplace
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Arlen Specter Headquarters and Emergency Operations Center in Atlanta has received the USGBC’s LEED®-NC (New Construction) Silver rating. Designed by Atlanta-based Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates (TVS), the newly constructed 325,000-square-foot, 12-story structure is 20 percent more efficient than standard buildings and promotes a healthy workplace. Exterior sustainable elements include a curved glazing that captures and screens daylight, while interior elements include reflectors that project natural light. A four-acre green campus underscores the sustainable and health-oriented design strategy.

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Cancer Center Brings Comfort, and Kudos
Indiana’s Hansen Center offers the warmth of home
In rural Batesville, Ind., the accolades are accumulating for its new medical oncology and radiation treatment facility, the J. Michael Hansen, MD Center, by BSA LifeStructures with Maregatti Interiors. The 52,198-square-foot Hansen Center, owned and operated by Margaret Mary Community Hospital (MMCH), was completed in 2005. Named for a community doctor who died from cancer in 2002, the Hansen Center is providing a place of real comfort and hope for cancer patients and their families.

AIA Seattle Design Celebrates “Living Change”
With the theme, “Living Change: Architecture Enriching the Human Experience,” the AIA Seattle Honor Awards jury offered observations of the state of the art in architecture produced by the Washington design community, in conversation with some 700 fans of architecture at the city’s McCaw Hall in November. The jury reviewed close to 150 entries, selecting 13 projects for award in the 55th annual AIA Seattle Honor Awards program. Honor Awards Committee Chair Steve McConnell AIA, says: “We appreciate the creative participation of all entrants and observers in shaping and observing the process of living change.”