Adohi Hall Residence Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR was selected as a winner of the 2020 WoodWorks Award in the Multi-Family Wood Design category. Adohi Hall is the largest cross laminated timber (CLT) building in the United States and the first large-scale mass timber residence hall and living learning setting. Woodworks writes, “The use of wood both structurally and aesthetically makes this project a groundbreaking example of student housing design”.

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https://www.woodworks.org/project/adohi-hall 

The Dartmouth highlights the building’s name in how it reflects the generosity of alumni, as well as its sustainability features and design overall. Principal and graduate of Dartmouth College, Josiah Stevenson, is quoted, “The average Dartmouth [pEUI] is well over a 100, so this is almost a net-zero building. It’s really the almost net-zero that’s an accomplishment.”. He is later quoted addressing traditional design of a campus with modern buildings, saying, “Most progressive colleges want to do buildings of the time,” Stevenson said. “I think that’s appropriate to have a campus of different periods of buildings. The challenge is to make it fit in with scale and material.”

Read Article Here: https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2020/02/newly-renovated-building-honors-anonymous-donors-to-dartmouth

The AIA Young Architects Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the architecture profession early in their careers. Juliet Chun has worked to create more accessible pathways to architectural education and practice and is an advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in the architecture profession. Co-founder of Girl Uninterrupted, a research initiative that has significantly amplified the dialogue on workplace culture and equity, Juliet and co-founder Zhanina Boyadzhieva have produced a manual that highlights workplace strategies for professionals in the workplace. AIA quotes,”It is clear that Chun’s efforts, coupled with her boundless optimism and enthusiasm, are positively affecting gender equity in the profession”.

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Adohi Hall has been recognized for excellence in wood architecture, receiving an Honor Award.

“The Wood Design & Building Awards program provides a platform to acknowledge the strides that have been made for wood architecture over the years, as well as an opportunity to celebrate the omnipresence of wood in architecture around the world.” explained Etienne Lalonde, Vice-President of Market Development for the Canadian Wood Council. “The range of submissions, from the smallest wood installation to the largest building, displayed a sophistication and innovation that is celebrating in our evolving wood industry.” – Wood Design & Building Magazine Press Release

See Video of Winning Projects 

This project reuses and adds to a vacant 1960’s library in the heart of the medical school quad, transforming it into a vibrant faculty center.

Located at the heart of 1960s medical school buildings on the school’s siloed north campus, the 32,995sf Dana Hall project — as well as new entrances for its surrounding buildings, a wide pedestrian bridge, and new circulation between buildings — is transforming the college’s least compelling area into a well-scaled, inviting north quad. Read more

Read article here:http://schoolconstructionnews.com/2020/01/15/dartmouth-renovation-project-on-target-for-leed-gold/

ArchDaily features Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc., Mackey Mitchell Architects, Modus Studio and OLIN’s pioneering project; the nation’s first large-scale mass timber residence hall and living learning setting at University of Arkansas.

Read Article here: https://www.archdaily.com/931692/adohi-hall-leers-weinzapfel-associates-plus-modus-studio-plus-mackey-mitchell-architects-plus-olin?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_all 

Washington Post features Adohi Hall at The University of Arkansas and Design Building at The University of Massachusetts Amherst in recent article on Mass Timber construction and its potential on slowing climate change.

Principal, Andrea Leers, FAIA is quoted in the article saying, “There’s an experiential aspect of wood, It feels like a connection to nature. Everyone yearns for it.”

Read full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2019/12/12/forget-log-cabin-wood-buildings-are-climbing-skyward-with-pluses-planet/?arc404=true

Informed Infrastructure notes the North Chiller Plant as “New Core Infrastructure [that is] Sustainable, Educational and Beautiful”
Read article here: http://read.informedinfrastructure.com/publication/?i=638477#%7B%22issue_id%22:638477,%22page%22:0%7D

The Architect’s Newspaper notes that this years categories expanded to 47 and received over 800 submissions. Declaring that the 2019 awards are the most successful yet, the jury selected projects from firms both big and small across America that exemplified quality design.

This year, the UMass Amherst North Chiller Plant was awarded Best of Design in Infrastructure. The new 10,592-square-foot chiller plant, a component of the university’s 2012 Campus Master Plan, is designed to increase the reliability and capacity of chilled water service throughout the growing north campus core by reimagining the existing regional plant it replaces. The design of the North Chiller Plant was proposed to remain outside a view shed from the center of campus to the Northwest, referred to as “The Feather” in the Campus Master Plan. Its innovative parallelogram shape accommodates new chillers parked at an angle inside the narrow building, while allowing important campus views from the existing engineering building.

View the online cornerstone article announce all of the winners, honorable mentions, and editors’ picks of this year’s AN Best of Design Awards: https://archpaper.com/2019/12/2019-an-best-of-design-awards/#gallery-0-slide-11 

The renovation of the Sophia Gordon Creative & Performing Arts Center transforms a mid-century theater facility into vibrant theatrical teaching, performance, and support spaces for a new generation of students. Originally constructed in 1958 as a general use auditorium on a developing campus, the 650-seat Mainstage Theater building was ripe for reimagining, longer meeting the current needs of the theater department and the wider university.

See all recipients here: https://www.architects.org/2019-design-awards/accessible-design