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Architects: designLAB architects
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Manufacturers: Delray Lighting
Text description provided by the architects. Boston-based DesignLAB Architects designed the World Headquarters for the International Fund for Animal Welfare(IFAW). Given the mission of the IFAW ("provide a better world for animals and people"), the challenge was to incorporate this through sustainable design.
The program distributed in 54,000sqf is arranged in three clean volumes sitting on a reclaimed brownfield site. The volumes are open to the outside, integrated with the surroundings, through transparent planes. To control the sun over these facades, a series of louvers are arranged along them.
The building received the LEED Gold Certification, validating the sustainable strategy.
