Troy, Mich. — Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) magazine announced the winners of its annual Excellence in Design (EID) Awards competition. ED+C’s Seventh Annual EID Awards recognize commercial, government, institutional and educational projects as well as single-family residences that demonstrate a clear commitment to green building and sustainable design. Projects exhibited a variety of environmental building criteria as determined by a panel of judges.

Winners of the competition, as well as finalists and honorable mentions, will be featured in upcoming issues of ED+C magazine by category starting with the June 2009 issue (see below). This year’s winners, finalists and honorable mentions include:

COMMERCIAL category, featured in June 2009.

WINNER: Springbrook Prairie Pavilion, submitted by Bond Companies.

FINALISTS:

• FFKR Architects, Daybreak Corporate Center
• Todd Jersey Architecture, Gaia Anderson Hotel
• Hensel Phelps Construction Co., Hensel Phelps Southeast District Office Building

HONORABLE MENTIONS: fxfowle architects, National Audubon Society; (fer) studio, The Green Building; Stantec Architecture Ltd, Stantec Wellington Office; Tsoi Kobus & Associates, Center for Life Science Boston; and tvsdesign, tvsdesign Office Renovation - Chicago.

• Centerbrook Architects, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
• Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, Reed College Student Housing
• Clayco, Danforth University Center at Washington University
• Street Dixon Rick Architecture, PLC, The Commons, Vanderbilt University
• Tsoi Kobus & Associates, The William H. and Elizabeth Gray Danforth University Center
• Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, Stuart Hall and James Hall, Dickinson College; and Centerbrook Architects, Floren Varsity House and Memorial Stadium Renovation, Dartmouth College.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL category, to be featured in November 2009.

WINNER: Colfax Ave. S. Renovation, Minneapolis, submitted by Open Air Concepts.

FINALISTS:

• A Kitchen That Works, McCabe-Pardy Residence
• Arkin Tilt Architects, Sonoma Coast Residence
• Arkin Tilt Architects, Mt. Veeder Residence at Camalie Vineyards
• New Energy Works of Rochester, Inc., Kurland House

INSTITUTIONAL category, to be featured in July 2009.

WINNER: The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center, submitted by Overland Partners Architects in collaboration with CamargoCopeland Architects, LLP

FINALISTS:

• fxfowle architects, The Lion House at the Bronx Zoo
• Baskervill, Community Kitchen

GOVERNMENT category, to be featured in November 2009.

WINNER: Cambridge City Hall, submitted by Diamond and Schmitt Architects.

FINALISTS:

• Siegel & Strain Architects, Portola Valley Town Center
• Hensel Phelps Construction Co., 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Brigade and Battalion Headquarters Facility HONORABLE MENTIONS: KAI Design & Build, Southeast Community Center; and Siegel & Strain Architects, Orinda City Hall.

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