COTE® Top Ten Award 2021

A fantastic example of how to elevate an existing building and beautifully integrate it into the larger context.

Architect: Ayers Saint Gross
Owner: Arizona Board of Regents & Arizona State University
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Public Assembly – Library
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 242,024 sq ft
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 2b Hot Dry
Annual hours of operation: 7,777
Site area: 110,473 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $69,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 650,000
 

Another way of doing the new urbanist plan that uses strategies appropriate for its place.

Architect: archimania
Owner: Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA and Kathy Howard Yoakum
Location: Memphis, TN
Project site:  Greenfield
Building program type(s): Residential – Single-Family detached    
Year of design completion: 2017
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 2798
Number of stories: 3
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 3A
Annual hours of operation: 8760
Site area: 6,630
Project site context/setting: Greenfield (previously undeveloped land)
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: 858,986
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 3

A smart example of how to introduce the modern into more historical campuses.

Architect: Payette
Owner: Lafayette College
Location: Easton, Pennsylvania
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education - college/university (campus-level)
Year of design completion: 2017
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 103,061 sq ft
Number of stories: 6
Project climate zone: ASHRAE climate zone 4A
Annual hours of operation: 6,570
Site area: 31,000 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $64,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 65,000

A rarity in restraint, this project showcases maturity about decisions being made for adaptive reuse.

Architect: Neumann Monson Architects
Owner: Blackbird Investments
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Project site: Historic structure or district
Building program type(s): Office – 10,001 to 100,000 sf
Year of design completion: 2014
Year of substantial project completion: 2014
Gross conditioned floor area: 54,948 sq ft
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 2,550
Site area: 38,080 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $10,671,777
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 42,330

A project that boasts an ephemeral quality achieved on another otherwise challenging typology.

Architect:HGA
Owner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Project site: Brownfield
Building program type(s): Education - College/University (campus-level), Laboratory
Year of design completion: 2014
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 216,000 sq ft
Number of stories: 7
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 8,760
Site area: 101,110 sq ft
Project site context/setting: urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $291,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 2,000

A private campus that goes beyond their own employees of who would benefit.

Architect: WRNS Studio
Owner: Microsoft
Location: Mountain View, California
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Office - 100,001 or greater
Year of design completion: 2019
Year of substantial project completion: 2020
Gross conditioned floor area: 643,000
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: ASHRAE c3
Annual hours of operation: 3,600
Site area: 1,430,273
Project site context/setting: Suburban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing:
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 2150

A clinic the lends dignity to its patients through beautiful and meaningful design.

Architect:Mahlum
Owner: Northwest Kidney Centers
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project site: Brownfield
Building program type(s): Health Care –Clinic
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 12073
Number of stories: 1
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 4C
Annual hours of operation: 5720
Site area: 29961
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $7,190,983
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 26,600

A precisely executed project that's become a new landmark of the city and resolute at every scale.

Architect: Perkins&Will
Owner: Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
Location: Toronto, Ontario, CA
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education – College/University (campus level), Residential – Mid-Rise/High-Rise
Year of design completion: 2015
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 289,00 sq ft
Number of stories: 28
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 6
Annual hours of operation: 8,760
Site area: 28, 234 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $105,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 2,500,000

Campus building that hit everything and checks every box from equity to performance.

Architect:Lord Aeck Sargent in collaboration with The Miller Hull Partnership
Owner: Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education – College/University (campus-level), Office – 10,000 sf
Year of design completion: 2019
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 36, 978 sq ft
Number of stories: 3
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 3A
Annual hours of operation: 3,900
Site area: 58,813 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $20,400,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 38,480

Impressive and innovative campus building that generates a strong first impression, from performance to exterior.

Architect: Perkins&Will
Owner: University of Washington
Location: Seattle, Washington
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s): Education - College/University (campus-level)
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 207,000 sq ft
Number of stories: 7
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 4C
Annual hours of operation: 5,840
Site area: 106,906 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $146,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 485