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    Móz Designs Basket Weave

    This multidimensional installation piece for interior walls is made of 85% pre-consumer recycled aluminum.

     
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    ReWall Co. NakedBoard

    Made entirely from recycled paper, NakedBoard can be used as decorative wall board, wall-tile backer, ceiling panel, a curved wall, or accent material.

     
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    KnollTextiles Marquee

    Inspired by the work of late American artist and designer Vera Neumann, Marquee has 20% post-consumer recycled polyester.

     
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    Old Fashioned Milk Paint Co. SafePaint

    This self-priming, no-VOC, flat-finish paint is suitable for walls in environmentally sensitive spaces such as bedrooms and hospitals.

     
  • Teragren Portfolio Naturals

    Shredded bamboo fibers are intertwined with a pressure-treated base to form a high-density product 154 percent harder than red oak and 125 percent harder than North American maple.

     
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    Feeling the Heat

    Thermal imaging can shave significant time off of building investigations, but only if the results are interpreted correctly.

     
  • Profile: Paladino & Co.

    Along with Gensler, this firm is the other half of the design team behind the new Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pa., scheduled to be completed in 2015. In this Q&A, they discuss the project and their philosophy.

     
  • The lobby is nicknamed the urban room for its inviting feel, which should connect the building to the surrounding neighborhood.

    The Tower at PNC Plaza

    PNC's ambitious new headquarters under construction in Pittsburgh wins the 2012 Evergreen Awards On the Boards category.

     
  • Profile: G•O Logic

    The a Q&A with the firm behind the dormitory at Unity College in Unity, Maine, winner of the 2012 Evergreen Award in the Residential category.

     
  • TerraHaus is the first student residence hall in the U.S. to achieve the European Passive House standard.

    TerraHaus at Unity College

    A student residence designed to European Passive House standards wins the Evergreen Awards residential category for 2012.

     
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    Mary Ann Lazarus

    We chat with Lazarus, the winner of our 2012 Evergreen Awards Perspective category and HOK's director of sustainable design, about performance-based design, biomimicry, health, and more.

     
  • Time to Speak Up

    We have many ways to make our voices heard, and now is the time to find your platform.

     
  • Profile: Rice Fergus Miller

    This Bremerton, Wash., firm won the Evergreen Award in the Commercial Interiors category for the old Sears Automotive Center that they transformed into their new offices.

     
  • After a two-year renovation with a focus on passive energy use, water conservation, and indoor air quality, it is now the LEED Platinum-certified home for hte architecture firm.

    Rice Fergus Miller Office and Studio

    An architecture and planning firm breathes new life into an abandoned automotive center and wins the Commercial Interiors category of the 2012 Evergreen Awards.

     
  • Full Goods, San Antonio, TX

    Profile: Lake|Flato Architects

    Lake|Flato revitalized downtown San Antonio, Texas, with the Full Good Warehouse to win the Existing Buildings category in this year's Evergreen Awards.

     
  • Full Goods Warehouse turns a 1974 brewery storehouse into a modern, mixed-use development.

    Full Goods Warehouse

    A 1974 storehouse is revitalized as a mixed-use development and wins the Evergreen Awards Existing Buildings category.

     
  • Profile: Ross Barney Architects

    A Q&A with the firm behind the James I. Swenson Civil Engineering Building at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, the Evergreen Award winner in the New Construction category.

     
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    James I. Swenson Civil Engineering Building at the University of Minnesota, Duluth

    The engineering building at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, won over the 2012 Evergreen Awards judges in the New Construction category with its water-management strategies.

     
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    Cultural Sensitivity

    An emphasis on natural materials highlights this Canadian child-care facility and community center.

     
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    Taktl Vectr

    These façade and wall panels made of ultrahigh-performance concrete can be installed outdoors, indoors, and as a rainscreen.

     
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    Teaching Tools

    A look at how schools are being designed and constructed to better serve communities and the environment.

     
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    High Expectations

    LEED certification was just one requirement for the green-building giant's own space in Washington, D.C.

     
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    The Fire This Time

    Facts are stubborn things.

     
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    Postal facilities may offer the greatest opportunities for adaptive use.

     
  • Jury

    For the fifth year, ECO-STRUCTURE recognizes excellence in environmental performance and design in the Evergreen Awards competition, and we thank this year's jury.