Pratt Institute Opens Gorgeous LEED Gold Certified Myrtle Hall
Posted By Jessica Dailey On January 13, 2011 @ 4:10 pm In Architecture,Brooklyn,News | No Comments
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The Pratt Institute [4], long a leader in sustainable design education, officially opened its new beautiful and sustainably designed digital arts building, complete with a green roof [5] and solar panels. The six-story, 120,000 square foot Myrtle Hall [6] is expected to meet the LEED Gold [7] standard, which would make it Brooklyn’s first ever higher education building to receive any LEED certification.
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WASA/Studio A [8] beat out several other architecture firms in a highly competitive bidding process. The project’s design architect, Jack Esterson, is a graduate of the Pratt’s School of Architecture [9] and a long-time resident of Clinton Hill, the home of Pratt’s campus. “Our building design is meant to explore the relationship between Pratt — a great New York institution — and the larger community within which it resides,” said Esterson. “The development of the two principal wall systems, tied together by the transparent central gathering space, is meant to be a metaphor for that relationship.”
For design details and a complete photo gallery, check out the full story on Inhabitat:
Gorgeous Myrtle Hall Shows Off Pratt Institute’s Commitment to Sustainability [10]
+ WASA/Studio A [8]
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[6] Myrtle Hall: http://www.pratt.edu/news/view/pratt_opens_first_leed-gold_certified_higher_education_building_in_bro/
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[9] Pratt’s School of Architecture: http://www.pratt.edu/academics/architecture/
[10] Gorgeous Myrtle Hall Shows Off Pratt Institute’s Commitment to Sustainability: http://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-myrtle-hall-shows-off-pratt-institutes-commitment-to-sustainability/
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