Lee Valley Athletics Centre in London, United Kingdom

The Lee Valley Athletics Centre designed by David Morley Architects is located in London, United Kingdom.  The facility was required to be technically excellent and cater for this broad range of users in an inspiring environment that enhanced its surroundings and achieved high environmental standards for a modest budget; all on a brownfield site. The resulting facility designed by David Morley Architects... 

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Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas in Austin, Texas, USA, United States

The Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas designed by Karlsberger is located in Austin, Texas, USA, United States. The facility is part of a 700-acre new urbanist development on the brownfield site of a former municipal airport in Austin, a city known for promoting green building practices. An on-site natural gas-fired energy plant; courtyards that provide natural light and cooler,... 

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The City of Calgary Water Centre in Calgary, Canada

The City of Calgary Water Cent that located in Calgary, Canada, was designed by The City of Calgary. Completed in fall 2007, the Water Centre is a new sustainable office building for approximately 800 City of Calgary staff. Re-mediated from an existing 85-acre brownfield site to meet Canadian reclamation guidelines, this building revitalised an important region in Calgary, and sets a new standard for... 

Tags: Alberta, brownfield site, Building, Building engineering, Calgary, Canada, Construction, Efficient energy use, energy, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy performance, energy savings, Environment, Green building, less energy, sustainable building, Water Centre

Bridge Academy by BDP Architects, United Kingdom

The Bridge Academy was designed by BDP Architects is located in Hackney, east London, England/United Kingdom. “This multi-storey academy makes a significant contribution to its east London location”, Judges’ comment on Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award Finalist 2009. The Bridge Academy, situated on an extremely tight, brownfield site confined by the Regent’s Canal,... 

Tags: architecture design, Bridge Academy, brownfield site, Building Design Partnership, Education, Hackney, London, London architecture, London Borough of Hackney, Prime Minister, Regent’s Canal, sports hall, sports terrace, United Kingdom