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James River Green Building Council recognizes Poquoson Elementary School

VMDO Architects presented Merit Award at Second Virginian Go Green! Competition

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch
Publication date: May 20, 2007

By Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.

May 20--The James River Green Building Council awarded a $10,000 building grant and seven awards to projects in central Virginia that support principles of sustainability.

The council is a regional chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council aimed at promoting awareness of energy efficient and sustainable development.

The Piedmont Housing Alliance of Charlottesville won the grant money for adding a modular green roof and a solar hot-water heating system to an affordable housing project.

Winners of the Second Virginia Go Green Competition in the unbuilt category were:

--The Learning Barge, a research barge on the Elizabeth River, by the University of Virginia School of Architecture -- honor award. --Poquoson Elementary School by VMDO Architects of Charlottesville -- merit award. --New offices for Monarc Construction Inc. in Falls Church by Studio 27 Architecture of Washington -- merit award. --Littlemore residence in Albemarle County by Watershed architects in Richmond -- merit award.

In the built category, the following projects were honored:

--The Seam House in Charlottesville by the University of Virginia School of Architecture -- honor award. --Lowe residence in Albemarle County by The Gaines Group in Charlottesville -- merit award. --Roanoke & Lee Street Duplexes in Blacksburg by Community Design Studio in Christiansburg -- merit award.

A total of 15 projects were entered. The entries were judged by a panel of four people from the Raleigh, N.C., area.

The judges were architects Sarah Susanka, Frank Harmon and Tim Martin, and Isaac Tanzarella, a mechanical engineer.

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Copyright (c) 2007, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.

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VMDO Architects' Rendering of Poquoson Elementary

VMDO Architects was founded in 1976 and is the youngest firm to receive the T. David Fitz-Gibbon Virginia Architecture Award, the most prestigious honor given by the Virginia Society of American Institute of Architects.

For further information, interview, and photography opportunities in reference to this project and VMDO Architects, please contact William Bishop at 434.296.5684, email at bishop@vmdo.com.