In the United States, buildings use 70 percent of all electricity and account for 40 percent of all carbon emissions. At least half that energy is wasted due to inefficiencies in the ways those buildings are designed, built and operated. We can dramatically cut society’s total carbon emissions simply by making our buildings more comfortable, cost-effective and efficient….
Read More“The Bullitt Center was the type of design challenge architects dream about.” Brian Court, The Miller Hull Partnership Mary Adam Thomas’ newly released book, THE GREENEST BUILDING: How the Bullitt Center Changes the Urban Landscape, documents the historic creation of the greenest Class-A commercial office building in the world. The storyline traces the Bullitt Foundation’s…
Read MoreWritten by Rob Peña, an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington and member of the Bullitt Center design team, Living Proof: The Bullitt Center encapsulates the story of the origins, the design, and the performance of the project. In detail, Peña covers all aspects of the building to provides insights borne from his…
Read MoreAcross hundreds of tours with people from all walks of life, one question comes up repeatedly: What did the Bullitt Center cost? Total project costs (hard costs, soft costs and land) for the 52,000 square-foot Bullitt Center were $32.5 million. As the first of its kind, the building cost more than conventional construction. With the benefit…
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