AIA honors exceptional designs with its COTE Top Ten Awards

by Marcy Marro | April 22, 2021 12:00 am

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) is awarding ten design projects with its highest honor—the COTE Top Ten Awards—for their significant achievements in advancing climate action. Complete details for each project are available on AIA’s website[1].

For the past 25 years, COTE has bestowed the award annually on ten design projects that have expertly integrated design excellence with cutting-edge performance in ten key areas. The COTE Top Ten projects illustrate the solutions architects provide for the health and welfare of our communities and planet.

In order to be eligible, project submissions are required to demonstrate alignment with COTE’s rigorous criteria, which include social, economic, and ecological values. The five-member jury evaluates each project submission based on the effectiveness of their holistic design solution and metrics associated with the ten measures.

This year’s COTE Top Ten Awards recipients are as follows:

Visit AIA’s website[12] for more information on the COTE Top Ten Awards program.

In addition to the Top Ten Awards, COTE and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) have selected the COTE Top Ten for Students, honoring exceptional student design projects showcasing innovation in sustainability. View the winning designs on ACSA’s website[13].

Endnotes:
  1. AIA’s website: https://www.aia.org/resources/6391171-2021-cote-top-ten-awards
  2. Arizona State University Hayden Library Reinvention, Tempe, Arizona: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6383723-arizona-state-university-hayden-library-re
  3. Civitas, Memphis, Tennessee: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388117-civitas
  4. Lafayette College Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center, Easton, Pennsylvania: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388128-lafayette-college-rockwell-integrated-scie
  5. Market One, Des Moines, Iowa: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388129-market-one
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT.nano, Cambridge, Massachusetts: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388137-massachusetts-institute-of-technology--mit
  7. Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, Mountain View, California: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388159-microsoft-silicon-valley-campus
  8. Rainier Beach Clinic, Seattle: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6388164-rainier-beach-clinic
  9. Ryerson University Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, Toronto: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6389790-ryerson-university-daphne-cockwell-health-
  10. The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Atlanta: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6389791-the-kendeda-building-for-innovative-sustai
  11. University of Washington, Life Sciences Building, Seattle: https://www.aia.org/showcases/6389788-university-of-washington-life-sciences-bui
  12. AIA’s website: https://www.aia.org/awards/7301-cote-top-ten-awards
  13. ACSA’s website: https://www.acsa-arch.org/competitions/2021-cote-competition/winners/

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