For the first time ever, the WAN AWARDS jury panels selected a number of submissions to be longlisted for the inaugural ECO AWARD. Each scheme added to this list has demonstrated outstanding eco credentials. The longlist will be compiled from every WAN AWARD entry submitted in 2012 with a full longlist announced at the end of the year and winner revealed in early 2013.
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Completed: The Hub - Coventry University,
Coventry, United Kingdom by Hawkins\Brown
Coventry University employed HawkinsBrown in 2008 to design and deliver
a student enterprise centre that would provide an holistic approach to the
learning, social and welfare needs of their students. The brief was to
provide an innovative social and learning environment...
Completed: The Gateway Building - Sutton
Bonington, Nottingham, United Kingdom by
Make
The landmark Gateway Building is the first stage of a 20-year masterplan
to expand the University of Nottingham's Sutton Bonington agricultural
campus and enhance its reputation as a leading destination for the study of
plant and animal sciences.
Completed: New University of the Arts
London Campus - Central Saint Martins,
London, United Kingdom by Stanton Williams
To the north of King's Cross and St Pancras International railway stations,
67-acres of derelict land are being transformed in what is one of Europe's
largest urban regeneration projects.
Completed: Kangan Institute, Automotive
Centre of Excellence, Stage 2, Melbourne,
Australia by Gray Puksand
Architecturally the Kangan Institute building is a metaphor for the machine
as an object of desire. Educationally this building celebrates professional
skills training, technology and innovation.
Completed: Hinman Research Building,
Atlanta, United States by Lord, Aeck &
Sargent in collaboration with Office dA
The Hinman Research Building rehabilitation and adaptive re-use
re-energises an important piece of Georgia Tech's built heritage by
transforming it into a flexible new annexe for the College of Architecture,
including new studio, lab, classroom and research spaces.
Unbuilt: SPA Bhopal, Bhopal, India by Abin
Design Studio
Bhopal is a city of lakes, tradition and simplicity. The conceptual design,
based on predefined zoning, stresses on establishing an architectural
vocabulary for the campus and in small ways through elemental design,
symbolic of the gorgeous city of Bhopal.
Unbuilt: Campus Park Skara, Skara, Sweden
by AART architects
"We strive to build a school which improves the students' community spirit
and excites their curiosity and desire to learn." This statement was
highlighted in the opening of the brief and has been AART architects'...