Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Completed: 2010

Project Description: 156,000 gsf Science and Engineering building that received LEED Gold from the USGBC, as well as the 2009 Institutional Building Award from the Colorado Renewable Energy Society and 1st Place Commercial Colorado Sustainable Design Awards.  The building is 31% more energy efficient than ASHRAE 90.1 base guidelines, which is very challenging for a lab building to achieve.  This success was based on great collaboration between the Owner, Architect and Contractor throughout the project.

The building was designed to help create a new center of campus and provide for multi-disciplinary collaboration between departments in science and engineering.  To foster this, the design included flexible lab spaces and open informal meeting spaces, including the main 3 story entry hall, that orient to the gorgeous surrounding landscape outside the building. 

It received high design acclaim from the University of Colorado Design Review Board, which called the building a "new benchmark" for the University system.   

Completed while employed at AR7/NAC Architecture.  Photos by Stuart Crawford.