May 22, 2009
  Oregon Center Relies on Big-Time Collaboration for Big-Time Sustainability
A dizzying collection of designers, engineers, universities, nonprofit agencies, and other community stakeholders have been collaborating in a public/private partnership on the design of what is intended to be one of the largest, most sustainable buildings ever created. The Oregon Sustainability Center in Portland will centralize sustainable technology and research incubator spaces with nonprofit and business offices, as well as higher education programs in one high-rise building that plans to meet the most stringent sustainability rating system that exists—the Cascadia Green Building Council’s Living Building Challenge.

NBBJ to Renovate and Expand UCLA’s Pauley Arena
One of college sports most storied and iconic arenas is receiving a renovation and expansion by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ. In time for the 2012–13 basketball season, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Arena, home to 38 NCAA championship teams, will have 55,000 square feet of new lobby, concourse, team, and patron spaces, as well as 1,000 more seats.

Sustainable Design on a Nonprofit Budget
One of college sports most storied and iconic arenas is receiving a renovation and expansion by the Los Angeles office of NBBJ. In time for the 2012–13 basketball season, UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Arena, home to 38 NCAA championship teams, will have 55,000 square feet of new lobby, concourse, team, and patron spaces, as well as 1,000 more seats.

 

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