COTE® Top Ten Award 2020

The Library is a model for sustainable resource use and library efficiency while promoting visceral connections to collections, history, culture, and place.

Architect: Lake|Flato Architects + Shepley Bulfinch Joint Venture
Owner: City of Austin
Location: Austin, Texas
Project site: Brownfield
Building program type(s): Public Assembly – Library
Year of design completion: 2013
Year of substantial project completion: 2017
Gross conditioned floor area: 198,588 sq ft
Number of stories: 6
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 2A
Annual hours of operation: 3,245
Site area: 87,376 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $89,045,445
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,200,144

This port of entry design aspires to welcome travelers to America with architecture that inspires and conveys our country’s better virtues.

Architect:  Richter Architects
Owner: United States General Services Administration
Location: Columbus, New Mexico
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Laboratory, Office – 10,001 to 100,000sf, Public Order and Safety – General, Service, Warehouse and Storage – General, and Other
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 35,468 sq ft
Number of stories: 1
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 3
Annual hours of operation: 8,760
Site area: 1,236,445 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $68,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 999,456 estimated annual

This Top Ten Plus recipient focuses on passive, efficient design and serves as a living laboratory and educational tool for smart green design and conservation.

Architect: LPA, Inc.
Owner: Environmental Nature Center / Bo Glover
Location: Newport Beach, California
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education – General, Of f ice – 10,000sf , Public Assembly –Entertainment/Culture
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross Conditioned Floor Area: 18,915
Number of stories: 1
Project climate zone:
Annual hours of operation: 3,108
Site area: 106,910
Project site context/setting: Suburban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: 10,700,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 53,000

Blurring the lines between workplace and habitat, this headquarters is one of the largest Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal-Certified building in NYC.

Architect: Gensler
Owner: Etsy
Location: New York, New York
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Office - 100,001 or greater
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2016
Gross conditioned floor area: 198,635 sq ft
Number of stories: 9
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 4A
Annual hours of operation: 3,500
Site area: 41,304 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $30,430,851.80
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 700

The holistic renovation transforms the Foundation’s work and public spaces in a manifestation of its mission: to promote the inherent dignity of all people.

Architect: Gensler
Owner: Ford Foundation
Location: New York, New York
Project site: Historic structure or district
Building program type(s): Office - 100,001 or greater, Public Assembly - Social/Meeting
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 415,869 sq ft
Number of stories: 13
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 4
Annual hours of operation: 2,080
Site area: 38,204 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $190,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 384

This project fosters multidisciplinary collaboration and expressively integrates building, landscape architecture, and building technology.

Architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Owner: University of Massachusetts Building Authority
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education – College/University (campus-level)
Year of design completion: 2015
Year of substantial project completion: 2017
Gross conditioned floor area: 87,573 sq ft
Number of stories: 4
Project climate zone: ASHRAE Zone 5A
Annual hours of operation: 5729
Site area: 85313
Project site context/setting: Suburban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: 37,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 361,264

Educational in function and composition, the Keller Center serves as a learning laboratory to witness real-world challenges and solutions through design.

Architect: Farr Associates (Design Lead & Architect of Record) Woodhouse Tinucci Architects (Collaborating Architect, Interior Designer)
Owner: Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Project site: Historic structure or district
Building program type(s):  Education –  College/University (campus-level)
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 124,915 sq ft
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5
Annual hours of operation: 2,080
Site area: 114,192 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $59,700,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,000

The Center exemplifies sustainable coastal building techniques in harmony with the marine environment.

Architect:Lake|Flato Architects in collaboration with Unabridged Architecture
Owner: University of Southern Mississippi
Location: Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education – College/University (campus-level)
Year of design completion: 2015
Year of substantial project completion: 2017
Gross conditioned floor area: 20,801 sq ft
Number of stories: 1
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 2A
Annual hours of operation: 2340
Site area: 147092
Project site context/setting: Suburban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $13,516,909.53
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 66,678
 

Offering shelter and comfort, The SIX breaks the prescriptive mold of the traditional shelter.

Architect:Brooks + Scarpa
Owner: Skid Row Housing Trust
Location: Los Angeles, California
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Residential - Multi-Family 5 or more units, Residential - Mid-Rise/High-Rise, other
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2016
Gross conditioned floor area: 18,390 sq ft
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: Title 24 2013, Climate Zone 9 (3B IECC map)
Annual hours of operation: 5,840
Site area: 14,705 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $10,121,759
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 125

UPCycle transforms the former Balcones Recycling Center into a unique creative office building in the historic community of East Austin.

Architect:Gensler
Owner: EverWest Real Estate Partners
Location: Austin, Texas
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Office - 10,001 to 100,000 sq ft
Year of design completion: 2017
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 76,494 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: 2A hot-humid
Annual hours of operation: 2080
Site area: 89,046 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: 6,857,008
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 540