News Brief

Portland Arch + Energy Awards

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A new 1,800 ft2 (170 m2) Art Education Wing on the Frye Art Museum uses natural ventilation and daylighting extensively. Daylighting features in the museum itself were also improved as part of this project.

Photo courtesy of AIA/Portland
AIA/Portland’s 1999 Architecture + Energy Awards, sponsored by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, recently recognized four buildings.

Awards of Honor went to:

The 1987 Headquarters of the Emerald People’s Utility District uses deciduous vines, light shelves, passive solar design, efficient lighting, and night flushing to reign in energy costs. The vines also soften the building’s impact on its suburban neighborhood.

Photo courtesy of AIA/Portland (Gerlachs)
•A renovation and addition to the 1951

Frye Art Museum in Seattle by Olson Sundberg Architects of Seattle with Baugh Construction, contractor; Millett and Loveland Partnership, lighting and energy; Richard Haag, landscape; Monte Clark Engineering, structural design; and Affiliated Engineers, Inc., mechanical systems.

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Emerald People’s Utility District Headquarters in Eugene, Oregon by WE Group PC and Equinox Design, both of Eugene, with Chambers Construction, contractor; Virginia Cartwright, daylighting; Warner Engineering, electrical lighting; McCarter-Boczkat, interior design; Lloyd Bend and Associates, landscape; John Herrick, structural design; and Rogers Engineering, mechanical systems.

Awards of Merit went to:

This Navy facility succeeded in protecting much of its natural site while also using the topography to help separate the potentially conflicting activities of band rehearsal and office work.

Photo courtesy of AIA/Portland
•A rehabilitation and addition to the 1913

Multnomah County Central Library by two firms: Fletcher Farr Ayotte and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer with Hoffman Construction, general contractor; PAE Consulting Engineers, mechanical and energy systems; and Architectural Lighting Design, lighting.

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Commander Headquarters and Navy Band facility in Bangor, Washington by LMN Architects of Seattle with the Vemo Company, contractor; Boullion Christofferson and Schairer, mechanical systems, lighting, and energy; Atelier, landscape; and ABKJ, structural design.

Published July 1, 1999

(1999, July 1). Portland Arch + Energy Awards. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/portland-arch-energy-awards

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