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LEED Platinum for sustainable synagogue
With careful consideration of sustainable strategies and a modest budget of $230 per sq ft, the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation has achieved a LEED Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council.
The new building housing the JRC is a 31,600 sq ft facility replacing an existing 21,400 sq ft synagogue in a residential area of Evanston, an established Chicago suburb. Ross Barney Architects, with strong experience in community structures, created a design that balances the limitations of a small site with the congregations’ ambitious program promoting worship,... >>>
Posted by: 3D-Archive | 08/10/2008 10:57 Comment this (0)
The Pompidou Centre (Video clip)
The Pompidou Centre is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles and the Marais.
The Centre was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. The project was awarded to this team in an architectural... >>>
Posted by: 3D-Archive | 07/10/2008 12:26 Comment this (0)