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.
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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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