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Building:  Miho Chapel
Location:  Shirgaraki, Japan
Status:  Completed in 2012
Architect:  IM Pei
Structural Engineer:  Leslie E. Robertson Associates

AE Interest:  simplistic design, raindrop shaped, very natural feel, mainly dependent on natural light, steel on the exterior and wood on the interior, very curvilinear.

Fall2012

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Building:  Pocono Medical Center
Location:  East Stroudsburg, PA
Status:  Completed in 2012
Architect:  EwingCole Architects

AE Interest:  focus on nature, glass facade, rectilinear in shape, skywalk footbridge made of steel trusses connects the center to the main hospital, healing garden extends into indoors into the lobby.

Fall2012

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Building: Advanced Energy Research and Technology Center
Location: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Status: Completed in 2010
Architect:  Flad Architects

AE Interest:  LEED Platinum, building oriented to reduce excess heat gain and thus less cooling need, shading devices capture sunlight to produce electricity for the building, HVAC system is constructed of chilled beams so the building is cooled through natural convection, roof-mounted solar panels, 39.4% more energy efficient than a comparable building.

Fall2012