Archived News - 2009
DECEMBER
-Online Video Recording
A conversation between Paul Stoller and Nico Kienzl on the topic of: Energy consumption, sensitively restoring Mies van der Rohe's S R Crown Hall. Posted at the UrbanNous website >
-Claire Johnson, associate director in Atelier Ten’s San Francisco office, will be speaking at the Sustainable Silicon Valley Water Summit on December 7th, 2009
Claire will speak about the innovative water system currently in design for the Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco. The talk will focus on the design process, technical solutions, and regulatory challenges involved in complex water reuse projects. She will be joined by Jenny Henry of Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture and Paul Kephart of Rana Creek Living Architecture. Sustainable Silicon Valley Water Summit
-Kroon Hall will soon be the seventh Yale structure to be recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council as a sustainable building
The council is likely to approve Kroon Hall’s application for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) Platinum certification - the highest rating the group awards - in late December or early January, according to several Kroon Hall project managers. Yale Daily News
-UIUC Business Instructional Facility Receives LEED Platinum
This first green building on the UIUC campus sets a new standard for performance at the university. The design also included several other “firsts” for UIUC, including the first green roofs, displacement ventilation system, low-flow water fixtures, triple pane windows and super-insulated envelope, a photovoltaic array, and native vegetation.
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NOVEMBER
-Mandarin Oriental Receives LEED Gold
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel at MGM City Center is a model of sustainability on the Las Vegas Strip. Atelier Ten has optimized the building's facade to exceed the stringent local energy code while still creating an iconic presence in the skyline.
Read more about Atelier Ten's work on this project
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-Sustainability Consultant of the Year
Atelier Ten were the recipients of the "Sustainability Consultant of the Year" Award at the UK Green Building Council's inaugural awards ceremony on Tuesday 24th November 2009 in conjunction with Building Magazine.
It is always great to receive recognition of this sort, but this award is particularly gratifying as it represents acknowledgement from our peers of our continued efforts to inspire and engage with collaborators and clients to deliver a more sustainable built environment.
-MONU #11
The most recent issue of MONU magazine features an article by Environmental Designer Amanda Webb (San Francisco office) on passive cooling in medieval Cairo and what it might mean for today’s designers. The article builds upon research shecompleted while at Yale University. MONU Issue #11 was structured around the broad theme of ‘Clean Urbanism’ and challenged architects, planners, artists and academics to respond with ideas of what clean urbanism might mean. Read the article.
About MONU: “MONU - magazine on urbanism is a unique bi-annual international forum for artists, writers and designers that are working on topics of urban culture, development and politics. Each issue collects essays, projects and photographs from contributors from all over the world to a given topic. Thus MONU examines topics that are important to the future of our cities and urban regions from a variety of perspectives.” Learn more about Monu.
-KROON in the News
The recent opening of the Kroon building (Yale Forestry School by Hopkins Architects with Atelier Ten) has been well celebrated in the architectural press. Here is a selection:
OCTOBER
-Mark Loeffler speaks at the CiHAC Expo in Mexico City
Director of Atelier Ten's New Haven office, Mark Loeffler, delivered this year's keynote speech at the CiHAC Expo in Mexico City. This is the first year that the expo had had a "green" focus with a special "Design for Sustainable Lighting" track. Along with a handful selected US and Mexican lighting designers (and members of the International Association of Lighting Designers) Mark delivered the presentation for which the seminar track was named. CiHAC is the primary construction industry trade convention for Mexico and Central America.
-Meghan Smith-Campbell speaks at the AIA New York City Chapter's New York Times Building Tour
Before working for Atelier Ten as a lighting designer, Meghan Smith-Campbell was a Daylight and Electric Light Integration Commissioning Agent for the New York Times Building. In an event hosted by the Center for Architecture and Mechoshade, Smith-Campbell presented her experience and knowledge on the building's lighting controls to the AIA New York City Chapter on Saturday, October 10th.
-UKGBC Sustainability Awards 2009
Atelier Ten is shortlisted in the Sustainable Consultant of the Year category. The Awards will be held on Tuesday 24th November 2009. Shortlist announcement >
-Atelier Ten San Francisco
On October 7th, our San Francisco office, led by Associate Director Claire Johnson will celebrate a year of accomplishments with their one-year anniversary party. View invite
SEPTEMBER
-Engineering Institute Awards 2009
Meredith Davey Associate Director at Atelier Ten London is shortlisted for the EI Awards 2009 under the category Individual Achievement, sponsored by Expert Alumni.
Our project Gardens by the Bay, Singapore in collaboration with Grants Associates, Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Atelier One is also shortlisted under the category: Innovation sponsored by Exxonmobil.
-Open House New York
OHNY is holding their annual launch party fundraiser event at America's most sustainable condominium: The LEED Platinum Visionaire, in Battery Park City, NY. Read more >>
-Greensource
Yale University’s LEED Platinum Targeted Kroon Hall is featured in this month’s Greensource. As with many of our projects, Atelier Ten worked closely with the architectural team to maximize the building’s resource efficiency and environmental performance. The result is a projected 58% energy usage reduction and 75% reduction in potable water consumption. Read the article here >>
-Online Video Recording
A conversation between Patrick Bellew & Emma Marchant of Atelier Ten: The Genius of Nature from the Earth Centre to Federation Sq. Posted at the UrbanNous website >
AUGUST
-The Visionaire
Atelier .Ten's LEED Platinum condominium project in New York City in collaboration with Pelli Clarke Pelli, is featured in Building Sustainable Design
JULY
-The Meaning of Light
Lighting designer Chad Groshart (Associate at Atelier Ten New Haven) brings light and power to remote villages in Nepal. Continue >
JUNE
-National Grid Opens Energy-Efficient New England Corporate Office Building in Waltham, Mass. USA
Atelier Ten New Haven team produced an energy-efficient and visually comfortable lighting solution for the 321,000 sf interior office space. Continue >
APRIL
- New publication "Green Building Through Integrated Design" by Jerry Yudelson.
Patrick Bellew and Paul Stoler, Atelier Ten Directors, are both quoted in this comprehensive and well-illustrated guide which covers the entire process of building a certified green building. An online verion of the book is freely available at Scribd.com
- Comcast Center in Philadelphia has earned LEED® CS (Core & Shell) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council
“LEED CS Gold certification for Comcast Center means that the tallest LEED certified building in the nation is located here in Philadelphia. More importantly, it represents a model for efficient, invigorating and environmentally sustainable workplaces". Continue reading >
- Mark Loeffler in Environmental Building News
This month's issue of EBN features Mark Loeffler speaking about lighting improvements for cost effective green retrofits. Download article >
- Himalayan Enlightenment
Chad Groshart (Associate at Atelier Ten New Haven) brought solar power to Nepal and got some unexpected lessons in sustainable lighting in return. Article from LIGHTFAIR International Trade show and conference where Chad will give a talk on May 5th. Download article and conference info >
MARCH
- Comcast Center, Philadelphia. Winner of the "Best of the Best - ENR Prize"
"Impressive. The largest building between New York and Chicago and also LEED-certified" Engineering News Record Magazine awarded the Comcast Tower as the Best Office building of the year. Read more >
- Genr8 wins Stoke-on-Trent £230m regeneration contract
The Genr8 proposals are for a phased development, to create about 1.2 million ft2 of office, retail and hotel space. It is hoped that the development will create more than 4,200 jobs, and boost the North Staffordshire economy by nearly £19m a year.
International urban designers Gehl Architects and RHWL will also help prepare Genr8's proposals, along with sustainability experts Atelier Ten. More on Building >
- AIA annual Design Awards Gala
The San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) held its annual Design Awards Gala on March 5, 2009. Claire Johnson served on the jury for the Energy + Sustainability awards with Bill Burke of the Pacific Energy Center, Mark Kelly of BAR Architects, and Mara Baum of Anshen + Allen. Entries were judged based upon their energy performance, integrated design approach, success in addressing sustainability issues other than energy, and architectural design excellence. Atelier Ten congratulates the winners, who are listed here >
- Pursuing the Elusive Goal Of a Carbon-Neutral Building
The Guardian newspaper picked up the story from Yale 360. Guardian.co.uk >
- Strange but true: sustainable air-conditioned greenhouse by Atelier Ten
Atelier Ten was on the team led by landscape architect Grant Associates, working with architect Wilkinson Eyre, that won the commission in an international competition in 2006. The overall scheme includes three public gardens. Grant Associates is masterplanning the £400m one at Marina South, which will have 54ha of landscaping, a concert arena and shops as well as the star attraction – the two scallop-shaped greenhouses, which are even bigger than the Eden Project’s. The cool dry biome is 170m x 105m; the cool moist 120m x 85m. BSD magazine >
- Pursuing the Elusive Goal Of a Carbon-Neutral Building
Yale University’s recently opened Kroon Hall is a state-of-the-art model of where the green building movement is headed. Yet even this showcase for renewable energy highlights the difficulties of creating a building that is 100 percent carbon neutral.
Richard Conniff writes for Yale Environment 360 >
- San Francisco Giants team submits proposal for mission rock seawall 337
The San Francisco Giants team, with Hargreaves Associates, SMWM (now Perkins+Will) and Atelier Ten, has submitted the design proposal for the Mission Rock Seawall 337 project.
The proposal includes a mixed-use program of residential units, office space, performance venues, and rehabilitation of one of San Francisco's historic piers. In addition, the plan features more than 6 acres of waterfront open space featuring recreation areas and wetlands. The development aims to exceed San Francisco's green building goals by proving high-performance, low-energy buildings. Water conservation, renewable energy, a sophisticated transportation demand management plan, and user controls to reduce the project's carbon footprint have also been considered.
Follow this link to read the full design proposal >> and download the information data sheet about the experienced and dynamic team responsible for achieving the Port's aggresive objectives for Seawall Lot 337, PDF file >>
Mission Rock website >>
- The Nova Southeastern University, University Center is recognised as an Outstanding Design in American School and University Magazine
The 344,600 square foot "fusion" facility, combines student, faculty and public activity. Tying the academic and residential quadrants together the building fosters a sense of community. Read the Article here >>
FEBRUARY
- Quarterhouse, the new live entertainment and events venue in Folkestone opens in March 2009
This performing arts venue and studio space in Folkestone, Kent, by Alison Brooks Architects’ and Atelier Ten as M&E consultant, is the advance guard of the town’s rebirth.
Read full article in BD >
JANUARY
- New Building Assessment Services
Atelier Ten has expanded the range of building assessment services available from its UK offices. We now have assessors licensed for the following schemes:
Please click here to download our brochure.