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AIA Rewards 11 Projects with the 2014 Educational Facility Design Excellence Award

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 11 exemplary educational projects to receive its 2014 Educational Facility Design Excellence Awards. Representing projects from across the United States, the eleven projects also include a variety of types of educational facility, including a child development center, elementary schools, high schools, college and university buildings and a library.

The AIA awards projects which it believes "further the client's mission, goals and educational program while demonstrating excellence in architectural design. These projects exemplify innovation through the client's educational goals through responsive and responsible programming, planning and design. Function and surrounding regional and community context are valued as part of the planning and design process as well as sustainability."

Check out all the winners after the break

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From the Desert to the City: An Interview with Wendell Burnette

Since childhood, growing up on a farm outside of Nashville, Wendell Burnette has been inspired by nature; indeed, the amplification of the natural site has highlighted his body of work. In the following question and answer by Guy Horton of Metropolis Magazine, the Pheonix-based architect speaks about memories, inspiration and experience.

Wendell Burnette’s journey through architecture has taken him from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, where he has designed a type of architecture that resonates with the power of natural surroundings. It has also taken him to one of the world’s fastest growing cities, Phoenix, Arizona, where his practice, Wendell Burnette Architects, is based and where he calls home. More recently it has brought him to Los Angeles where he is the current Nancy M. & Edward D. Fox Urban Design Critic at the USC School of Architecture. He is also Professor of Practice at The Design School at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute of Design and the Arts.

I spoke with Burnette about his approach to architecture, the importance of direct experience, and the meaning behind his current USC studio, “Earth Curvature”.

Tresarca / assemblageSTUDIO

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Las Vegas, United States
  • Architects: assemblageSTUDIO
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  8000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Miele, Subzero/Wolf, Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning, Crenshaw Lighting, Dunn Edwards, +12

National Renewable Energy Laboratory / SmithGroupJJR

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  • Architects: SmithGroup
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  182500 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Construction Specialties, Hamilton Laboratory Solutions

Welcome to the Wellness Center: A New Breed of Recreation Design

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The Student Wellness & Recreation Center at Georgia College & State University. Image Courtesy of JWest Productions

Until recently, student health and counseling services have predominantly been offered independently of athletics and recreation. But as institutions contemplate a more unified approach to health and wellness, the boundaries of these traditionally separated campus services are becoming blurred. Many believe that unifying these various programs and services under one roof is in the best interest of their students’ long-term health, as well as a potential budgetary and operational boon. 

This recent shift in mindset has supported the emergence of a new breed of recreation centers that is only anticipated to multiply. “We’re seeing more and more universities come to us with a new set of challenges and program needs, as opposed to simply saying ‘we need this type of building,” says Brad Lukanic, Cannon Design’s executive director of education.

More on this new breed of Wellness Center, after the break...

School of Earth & Space Exploration / Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects

School of Earth & Space Exploration / Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects - Schools , Facade
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Central Arizona College / SmithGroupJJR

Central Arizona College / SmithGroupJJR - Schools , Facade
© Liam Frederick
  • Architects: SmithGroup: SmithGroupJJR
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Valspar

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J2 Residence / assemblageSTUDIO

J2 Residence / assemblageSTUDIO - Houses, Facade
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Las Vegas, United States

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ASU Health Services Building / Lake|Flato Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  34500
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Owens Corning, Sika, Signify, Ameresco, American Clay, +31

Health Sciences Education Building / CO Architects

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Dialogue House / Wendell Burnette Architects

Dialogue House / Wendell Burnette Architects - Houses, Facade
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Phoenix, United States

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Levin Residence / Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

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University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus / Cannon Design + CDG Architects

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Musical Instrument Museum / RSP Architects

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  • Architects: RSP Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  190000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Altman Lighting, TABQUARTZ

Yuma Heritage Library / Studio Ma

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  • Architects: Studio Ma
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  21000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Lake Residence / Architekton

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  • Architects: Architekton
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2008

Cesar Chavez Library / Line and Space

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Sky Arc Residence / will bruder+PARTNERS

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