BHM Designs Its Own New Headquarters Green

Outdoor Retailer Sees Green Inside and Out
REI’s Boulder store celebrates sustainability and community
Boulder, Colo., is the setting for the newest adventure for Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI). Opened on October 5, the LEED®-registered prototype store for the outdoor gear and apparel retail cooperative was designed by Gensler. Key to the company’s commitment to protecting nature and natural areas, REI began introducing sustainable elements into their building designs with the 1996 opening of their Seattle flagship store. The company’s Boulder store was designed to be a working laboratory to test and analyze the performance of sustainable features and new retail concepts.

Designing a Contemporary Art Museum While Honoring the Past
Provincetown museum becomes first LEED®-certified art museum in the country
To showcase and preserve its distinctive collection of art, Massachusetts’ Provincetown Art Association & Museum (PAAM), housed for years in a 19th-century sea captain’s home and in a hodgepodge of additions, needed desperately to expand. Boston-based Machado and Silvetti Associates designed a contemporary structure that incorporates the architectural elements and textures of the pitched-roof, wood-shingle, Federal-style houses in this longtime art colony to create a competitive art museum that can partner with big-city museums while nurturing the work of esteemed Provincetown artists. In additional to earning several prestigious design awards, PAAM is the first LEED® certified art museum in the country.