Local Building Receives Green Honors

Based in Washington, D.C., the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has been the leading professional membership association for licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners since 1857. Through education, legislative and regulatory development, professional education, and research, the AIA and its more than 83,500 members express their commitment to excellence in design and livability in our nation’s buildings and communities.

Each year, the AIA, receives entries for their Top 10 Green Projects awards, and this year, a local building has made the list. The Discovery Center at South Lake Union is known as the "pavilion in the park." Its first use was for an exhibit telling the story of the South Lake Union neighborhood—its past, present, and future. This project was chosen as an AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Green Project for 2008. It was submitted by The Miller|Hull Partnership in Seattle, Washington. Additional project team members are listed on the "Process" screen.


The location of the Discovery Center, located in the heart of South Lake Union, is known for being a sustainable community. Sustainability is a term we often hear, but few people really understand its meaning:

• building, working and living in a way that is sensitive to our environment
• using local resources
• working to create positive impacts and changes throughout the community.

To find out more about the exhibits happening right now at the Discovery Center, click here.

Photo above by Lara Swimmer