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The 61,000-square-foot Waukegan City Hall creates a visual expression of its community’s aspirations. Chicago, Illinois

Project Simon Fraser University Location Surrey, Canada Architect Revery Architecture Photos Ema Peter

explored for implementation in future Masdar City buildings. The Institute’s residences and laboratories are oriented to shade both the adjacent buildings and the pedestrian streets below and the facades are also self-shading. Over 5,000 square metres of roof-mounted photovoltaic installations provide power and further protection from the direct sun. A 10-megawatt solar field within the masterplan site provides 60 per cent more energy than is consumed by the Masdar Institute, all of…

Hundreds of terracotta panels shade the northern facade of this engineering building at the University of Queensland, designed by Richard Kirk and Hassell.

Image 4 of 28 from gallery of The BLOX / DAM.architekti. Photograph by Filip Šlapal

The Masdar Institute is the first part of the wider Masdar City masterplan to be realised and creates an educational focus for the entire programme. The Institute embodies the principles and goals of Masdar to create a prototypical and sustainable city and is the first building of its kind to be powered entirely by renewable solar energy. The design incorporates a variety of passive and active environmental strategies and will be used as a test-bed for the sustainable technologies that will…