Jan/Feb/Mar 2012

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Adapting to the Energy Era

Colony Realty Partners’s plan for continuous evolution offers a schematic for other progressive firms

An Innovator with Heart

Championing design’s social and scientific power, Millard Pratt might be the Thomas Edison of architecture

Designing for Future Economies

Neumann/Smith Architecture makes the case for smart, sustainable design

Down in the Trenches

Dan Doyle and Grumman/Butkus Associates are working to master energy-efficiency strategies

Ecology + Economy

CJW Architecture's work is a testament to the timelessness of sustainable design and client care

Higher Ed’s Action Hero

Dave Merchan steers the University of Richmond's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan

Reviving Senior-Care Facilities

Horizon Bay Retirement Living renovates aging senior homes with a focus on sustainability and engagement

Self Improvement on Park Avenue

Monday Properties transforms its headquarters into a sustainability showcase

The Sustainable Intelligence Agency

With solid data, Oxford Properties hit its emissions targets ahead of schedule

Features

Style & Substance

An in-depth look at how the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences meshes transit orientation and hospitality.

Toward a More Hospitable Earth

Hyatt, Marriott, and Wyndham are trotting out new sustainability initiatives all across the globe.

Welcome to the HSPC

Alan Benjamin and JoAnna Abrams's new consortium is greening hospitality's global supply chain.

Game Plan

“I’m taking the entire crew to the renaissance fair.”

Jeremy Shamrowicz on how to inspire a diverse design team

“We knew this project would stretch us.”

Lisa Miller on Hannaford's goals and its new LEED Platinum store

“We’re always looking for ways to build smarter buildings.”

Tim Osiecki explains why it's good business to invest in green hotels

Inner Workings

Hotel Palomar Philadelphia

Gensler takes what once was an Art Deco building in Philadelphia and creates an upscale, energy-efficient icon

RFM Office & Studio

For its new LEED Platinum headquarters, Rice Fergus Miller adapts a long-vacant automotive-service store

Launch Pad

New Kid on the Block

When it opened in 2009 in Chicago, eco-boutique Hotel Felix became the first LEED-Silver hotel in the city

Material World

Sugarcane Creations

Some are hoping a sugarcane derivative will be the next big building material, but is it sustainable?

Notes

Bookshelf Q1 2012

New reads from Design Hotels, plus the books and blogs Bridgelux's Keith Scott uses to stay informed

Exquisite Amenities

A collection of interior furnishings curated by gb&d staff. The focus this time around? Hospitality.

Professional to Watch

Diego Burdi

One half of Burdifilek takes us inside his early design jobs and his inspirations for the darkly luxurious W Atlanta Hotel

Solutions

Democratizing Daylight

Aflac's sleekly designed and healthful Customer Service Center cuts energy consumption by 40 percent

Spaces/Learn

A Firm Foundation (of Existing Buildings)

Western Michigan University forges a unique path

How to Define (Campus) Life

Mogavero Notestine Associates uses the concept of 'clusters' to reimagine college life at UC-Davis

Lighting an American Landmark

Randy Sabedra details his lighting strategy for the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House

Spaces/Live

The Parish’s New Purpose

Community Three Development transforms an Episcopal church built in 1908 into modern residences

West Coast Energy Icon

Christiani Johnson Architects and Gerding Edlen unveil their highly sustainable mixed-used project

Spaces/Play

Intrepid Hospitality

Hostelling International spruces up an old office structure for its newest hostel in historic Boston

Jersey Shore Facelift

Ironstate Development's Michael Barry details the sustainable nature of Pier Village and the Bungalow Hotel

Lights Out, Sin City

Fisher Marantz Stone dims the lights for the Marquee Nightclub and Dayclub, a spectacular new Las Vegas hotspot

Spaces/Work

Tough Builds/ Net Zero

Touring a Grid-Positive College Campus

Harnessing the sun, Butte-Glenn Community College makes all its own energy

Tough Builds/ Off the Grid

Taking a Data Center Off the Grid

Syracuse University pushes green building into new territory with its latest project

Tough Builds/ Remote Locations

Building a Carbon-Neutral Getaway

Studio RMA's Hi’ilani EcoHouse is using offsets to erase its carbon footprint

Transforming a Tumbledown Tavern

High Plains Architects takes a discarded saloon and makes it into a net-zero studio space