COTE® Top Ten Award 2022

A project that exemplifies connectivity at all levels became a driving factor for experience: To connect the buildings to the site, and the interior to the exterior.

Architecture firm:  archimania
Owner: archimania
Location: Memphis, Tenn.
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Office – 10,000 sf
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 7,444 sq ft
Number of stories: 1
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 3A
Annual hours of operation: 2,133
Site area: 26,687 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $2,220,214
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,188
 

The project provides affordable, low-carbon, supportive housing for underserved communities within a mixed-income neighborhood, while taking a major step towards ending veteran homelessness in San Francisco.

Architecture firm:  LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects, Saida+Sullivan Design Partners
Owner: Chinatown Community Development Center and Swords to Plowshares
Location: San Francisco
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Residential – Multi-Family 5 or more units, Residential – Mid-Rise/High-Rise
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2020
Gross conditioned floor area: 104,210 sq ft
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 3C
Annual hours of operation: 8,760
Site area: 46,050 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $59,700,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,400
 

This project represents the ambitious first phase to consolidate services on a city-owned 14-acre site.

Architecture firm: Neumann Monson Architects
Owner: City of Iowa City
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Service (vehicle repair/service, postal service), other
Year of design completion: 2018
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 88,160 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 6,264
Site area: 981,204 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $11,300,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 50
 

This project showcases an entire complex that provides a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment for its community.

Architecture firm: William Rawn Associates with Arrowstreet Inc.,
Owner: City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Schools
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Project site: Brownfield
Building program type(s):  Education – K-12 School, Office – 10,001 to 100,000 sq ft, Public Assembly – Library
Year of design completion: 2017
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 233,988 sq ft
Number of stories: 4
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 3,500
Site area: 258,030 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $130,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,472

The facility integrates the studio art and art history departments of Knox College in a new, light-filled, cost-effective, modern building anchored by a landscaped event and work courtyard.

Architecture firm: Lake|Flato Architects
Owner: Knox College
Location: Galesburg, Ill.
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: 49,855 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 3,620
Site area: 73,225 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Suburban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $6,360,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 156
 

This Top Ten Plus recipient negotiates the physical constraints of a tight urban campus and design constraints of being a historic structure.

Architecture firm:  EHDD
Owner: Lick-Wilmerding High School
Location: San Francisco
Project site:  Historic structure or district
Building program type(s):   Education – K-12  School
Year of design completion: 2017
Year of substantial project completion: 2018
Gross conditioned floor area: 50,488 sq ft
Number of stories: 3
Project climate zone: Title 24 Marine
Annual hours of operation: 2,048
Site area: 31,178 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $31,807,440
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 1,300

 

This Top Ten Plus recipient re-envisions its mission to holistically address the health and development of children in a state that often ranks 48th in educational outcomes.

Architect firm:  Mithun, with associate architect firm Waggonner & Ball
Owner: Louisiana Children's Museum
Location: New Orleans
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Education – General, Food Service – Restaurant/Cafeteria, Public Assembly – Entertainment/Culture
Year of design completion: 2016
Year of substantial project completion: 2019
Gross conditioned floor area: 49,855 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 2A
Annual hours of operation: 2,268
Site area: 348,480 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $33,400,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 262,500
 

This project in Portland's Albina neighborhood is a platform for advancing Meyer’s initiatives across the state, supported by a design that expresses the foundation’s commitment to equity and sustainability.

Architecture firm:  LEVER Architecture
Owner: Meyer Memorial Trust
Location: Portland, Ore.
Project site: Brownfield
Building program type(s):  Office – 10,001 to 100,000 sf
Year of design completion: 2019
Year of substantial project completion: 2020
Gross conditioned floor area: 19,800 sq ft
Number of stories: 3
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 4B
Annual hours of operation: 8
Site area: 24.937 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $10,800,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 50
 

This project features the grand scale and muscular cast-in-place concrete structure of the original design is balanced with interventions of warm wood accents, new windows for natural light, and comfortable furnishings.

Architect firm:  Utile, Inc.
Owner: City of Boston Public Facilities Department and the Boston Public Library
Location: Roxbury, Mass.
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Public Assembly – Library
Year of design completion: 2019
Year of substantial project completion: 2020
Gross conditioned floor area: 27,350 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 2,080
Site area: 29,000 sq ft
Project site context/setting: Urban
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $12,876,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 22,600
 

This project both leverages and strengthens the existing buildings through adaptive reuse, creating a vibrant integrated complex.

Architecture firm:  Payette
Owner: Tufts University
Location: Medford, Mass.
Project site: Previously developed land
Building program type(s):  Education – College/University (campus-level), Laboratory
Year of design completion: 2015
Year of substantial project completion: 2017
Gross conditioned floor area: 177,000 sq ft  
Number of stories: 5
Project climate zone: ASHRAE 5A
Annual hours of operation: 8,760
Site area: 200,000 sq ft  
Project site context/setting: Urban  
Cost of construction, excluding furnishing: $81,000,000
Number of residents, occupants, visitors: 560