Center for Sustainable Landscapes
Awards
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee On The Environment (COTE) - 2016 Top Ten Award Recipient
Re-Thinking The Future Sustainability Awards - Honorable Mention: 2014 Public Building Built
Alliance To Save Energy - 2014 Innovative Star Of Energy Efficiency Recipient
Engineering News-Record - 2014 Global Best Projects: Green Projects Category
American Society Of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh Section - Winner: 2013 Civil Engineering Sustainability Award
USGlass Magazine - Winner: 2013 Green Design Award
American Institute Of Architects, Pittsburgh Chapter - Winner: 2013 Green Citation
Contract Inspirations Award - Honorable Mention: 2013 Built Project Category
Engineers’ Society Of Western Pennsylvania - 2013 Projects Of The Year Awards of Distinction: Sustainable Project Of The Year
Environmental Design + Construction - Excellence in Design Award Winner: 2013 Institutional / Governmental,
New Construction
European Centre For Architecture, Art, Design And Urban Studies At The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of
Architecture And Design - Winner: 2013 Green Good Design Award
Forest Stewardship Council Award - Winner: 2013 Design and Build: Commercial/Institutional Category
Interior Design - Best Of The Year Award Finalist: 2013
Press
National Spotlight on Sustainable Design: Local Project Wins AIA COTE Top Ten Award - Columns, May 12, 2016
AIA Names Top 10 Most Sustainable Projects of 2016 - archdaily.com, April 27, 2016
5 Clever Architectural Strategies For Conserving Water - fastcodesign.com, April 22, 2016
Inside the Year's 10 Most Sustainable Buildings - curbed.com, April 22, 2016
The American Institute of Architects Select the 2016 COTE Top Ten Green Projects - aeccafe.com, April 22, 2016
AIA’s 2016 Top Ten Span Difficult Building Types - buildinggreen.com, April 22, 2016
See the newly revealed 2016 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects - archinect.com, April 22, 2016
Center for Sustainable Landscapes - ecobuildingpulse.com, April 22, 2016
AIA Announces 2016 COTE Top Ten Green Awards - Contract Design, April 22, 2016
AIA Committee on the Environment Top Ten Projects - 2016 Winners - American Institute of Architects, April 22, 2016
AIA Announces 2016 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects - Architect, April 22, 2016
AIA Announces 2016 COTE Top Ten Awards - Architectural Record, April 22, 2016
Phipps' Center For Sustainable Landscapes Honored For Energy Efficiency - CBS Pittsburgh, March 11, 2015
Phipps' Center For Sustainable Landscapes Honored For Energy Efficiency - CBS Pittsburgh, March 11, 2015
Phipps Conservatory's Center for Sustainable Landscapes one of the 'greenest' in the world - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 11, 2015
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens' project goes all-out green - Pittsburgh Tribune Review, March 10, 2015
Pittsburgh's Net-Zero Energy Center for Sustainable Landscapes Blows Fracking Out of the Water - inhabitat.com, August 18, 2014
Profile of Richard V. Piacentini - Pittsburgh Quarterly, Summer, 2014
Center for Sustainable Landscapes - Tradeline, July 2, 2014
Going for green nets Living Building Challenge certification for Phipps - Pittsburgh Business Times, May 21, 2014
ENR Announces 2nd Annual Global Best Projects Winners - ENR California, March 25, 2014
Center for Sustainable Landscapes is the Forest Stewardship Council's 2013 Design and Build Award Winner - us.fsc.org, December 11, 2013
Phipps Center wins 4-star sustainable designation - Pittsburgh Business Times, December 2, 2013
National Sustainability Rating System Certifies Three New Landscape Projects - greenindusatrypros.com, November 26, 2013
Phipps center earns highest sustainable status - Pittsburgh Business Times, November 18, 2013
Sustainable SITES Initiative - Center for Sustainable Landscapes - sustainablesites.org, November, 2013
Promoting Sustainability Through Action and Research - ED+C Excellence in Design Winner 2013 - edcmag.com, November 5, 2013
AIA Pittsburgh 2013 Green Design Citation Winner - aiapgh.org, October 24, 2013
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens: Center for Sustainable Landscapes - Review - american-architects.com, September 23, 2013
Center for Sustainable Landscapes 2013 Inspirations Award Winner - contractdesign.com, June 09, 2013
Center for Sustainable Landscapes / The Design Alliance Architects - archdaily.com, April 25, 2013
Phipps offices aim to meet world's highest environmental standards - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 11, 2013
Are We Ready for 2013? - architecture2030.org, January 16, 2013
Phipps Conservatory’s Center for Sustainable Landscapes Set to Make Living Building Challenge List - EC&M, December 18, 2012
Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes 2012 Urban Design Award Nominee - Katerva.org, November 29, 2012
A Modern Eden - gbdmagazine.com, October-November-December, 2012
How Green A Garden Grows: A Conservatory targets a certification trifecta - Architectural Record, October 2012
Site Specific - Architectural Record, July 2012
Center for Sustainable Landscapes: Greenest Building in the US - About.com Construction, June 2012
Wasted Appeal - eco-structure.com, June 4, 2012
A World Leader - Pittsburgh Quarterly, Summer 2012
'Greenest building in world' to open in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times, May 24, 2012
Phipps Conservatory Hosts Center for Sustainable Landscapes Grand Opening - teQ, May 23, 2012
Phipps ‘Living Building’ to Open Soon - essentialpublicradio.org, May 23, 2012
Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory to open in July - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 23, 2012
Phipps Conservatory’s "Living Building" Opens May 23 - Imagine Pittsburgh Now, May 23, 2012
Photo slide show: Phipps' Center for Sustainable Landscapes - POP City, May 23, 2012
Phipps previews 'greenest building' - TribLive.com, May 23, 2012
Phipps Conservatory’s Net-Zero Center for Sustainable Landscapes Opens Next Month - inhabitat.com, April 12, 2012
World's Greenest Building Might Be in Pittsburgh - Earth Techling, March 16, 2012
Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes meets rigorous standards - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 12, 2011
Other buildings showed the value of following sustainable principles - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 12, 2011
Phipps Takes West Coast Building Challenge - Earth Techling, November 13, 2011
Evolution of Phipps: Landmark embraces the future - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 2, 2011
Living Buildings, Are AEC Firms Up to the Challenge? - Building Design and Construction Magazine, September, 2011 - pp. 24-34
Phipps takes on unique challenges to create greenest building - Pittsburgh Business Times, July 29, 2011
Phipps Conservatory makes progress on its Center for Sustainable Landscapes - POP City, May 18, 2011
Conservatory Building Designed to Meet Rigorous Environmental Challenge - Civil Engineering, May 2011
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens takes leadership role in energy efficiency - Pittsburgh Business Times, April 22, 2011
Construction on Phipps' $7.8M Center for Sustainable Landscapes in full swing - Pittsburgh Business Times, April 15, 2011
New elevated walkway and elevator will give Phipps Conservatory a new look - POP City, March 2, 2011
Architecture firms bring sustainability to clients, offices - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 16, 2010
Groundbreaking scheduled for Phipps’ new green building - Pittsburgh Business Times, September 2, 2008
Living Building - H: The Magazine of The Heinz Endowments - Fall 2008 - pages 22-31