Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh Building, Pennsylvania Design, American Property
Frick Environmental Center Pittsburgh Building
Environmental Education Development in Pennsylvania, USA – design by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson architects
May 15, 2018
Frick Environmental Center Building
Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Design: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, architects
Location: Pittsburgh, USA
Frick Environmental Center Achieves Prestigious Living Building Certification
After more than a year of extensive testing and documentation, the Frick Environmental Center (FEC) has achieved Living Building certification, the world?s most rigorous proven performance standard by the International Living Future Institute. Designed by renowned architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the FEC is the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free and open to the public.
?The international recognition of the Frick Environmental Center is the perfect reflection of the deeply-rooted convictions shared by the City of Pittsburgh, the Parks Conservancy, and the entire construction and design team,? said Patricia Culley, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson senior associate and FEC project architect.
Completed in 2016, the 16,000-square-foot center was certified LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council in December 2017, received an Award of Excellence from AIA Committee on Education in April, and recognized with a Leadership Award by the ...