Platinum Award Winners
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation San Carlos Center, San Carlos, Calif.
Skanska and NBBJ join forces with Sutter Health on a medical center project where all three parties share the risk. Read more.
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BBSRC National Virology Centre - The Plowright Building, Surrey, England
A daring Building Team breaks the bunker mentality common to research containment with this light-filled, open facility in the English countryside. Read more.
Gold Award Winners
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Clemson University SCE&G Energy Innovation Center, North Charleston, S.C.
A new facility makes it possible to test the huge stresses that large-scale wind turbines must be able to withstand. Read more.
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Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, Germantown, Md.
This Building Team stuck with a project for seven years to get a new hospital built for a faithful client. Read more.
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National September 11 Memorial Museum, New York, N.Y.
The Building Team for this highly visible project had much more than design, engineering, and construction problems to deal with. Read more.
Image: Mark Ballogg
North Park University Johnson Center for Science and Community Life, Chicago, Ill.
In dire need of modern science labs and a student union, North Park University built both - in the same building. Read more.
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New Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas
Dallas's new $1.27 billion public hospital preserves an important civic anchor, Texas-style. Read more.
Silver Award Winners
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Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Nogales, Ariz.
Whenever you eat a tomato from Mexico, there's a one-in-three chance it came through this LEED Gold gateway. Read more.
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Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot, New York, N.Y.
A bus garage in Harlem shows that even the most mundane of facilities can strut its environmentally sensitive stuff. Read more.
Bronze Award Winners
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Radford University Fitness and Wellness Center, Radford, Va.
A sloped running track and open-concept design put this Building Team to the test. Read more.
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Moss Arts Center, Blacksburg, Va.
The STV-led Building Team creates a world-class performance and arts venue with learning and entrepreneurial dimensions. Read more.
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PinnacleHealth, West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg, Pa.
PinnacleHealth needed a new hospital STAT! This team delivered it in two years, start to finish. Read more.
Honorable Mentions
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Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Anaheim, Calif.
The Building Team for this project installed an ETFE system to avoid budget-busting soil conditions. Read more.
Image: Ross Cooperthwaite
Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colo.
This Building Team used prefabrication to finish a 360-bed Denver hospital in 30 months. Read more.
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