Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, Baraboo, Wisconsin

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	Aldo Leopold Legacy Center
Designer	The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc., Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA
Location	Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
Date	2006 to Spring, 2007
Building Type	Environmental Education Center
Climate	Cold Temperate
Context	Rural
Architectural Style	Environmental Modern, Neovernacular
Builder	Boldt Construction
Green Certification	LEED Platinum Certified
Green Certification Score	61 points
Street Address
Notes	Called the greenest building built to date as of Fall, 2007.

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 2.1 Project Credits 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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Building Details
Client	Aldo Leopold Foundation
Cost	$3,943,418 USD
Area	12,000 square feet
Stories	one
Site	11.41 acres (4.6 hectares)
Awards	Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Award, 2008. Wisconsin Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Awards in 2007; Category/title: Award of Excellence Forest Stewardship Council in 2007; Category/title: Designing and Building with FSC Award International Masonry Institute in 2007; Category/title: Golden Trowel Award. Sustainable Use of Masonry – Best in Category   Wood Design Awards 2007, Citation Award recipient.

Reputed to have received the highest number of LEED Platinum certification points to date in 2007, as a result of which third parties have called it the greenest building built up to that point.

"Published in 1949 as the finale to A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold's "Land Ethic" set the stage for the modern conservation movement. Leopold's philosophy included the belief that the idea of community should be enlarged to include, in his words, "collectively: the land." This includes nonhuman elements such as soils, waters, plants, and animals.

"The headquarters for the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Legacy Center includes office and meeting spaces, an interpretive hall, an archive, and a workshop organized around a central courtyard. Built where Leopold died fighting a brush fire in 1948, the Legacy Center also provides a trailhead to the original Leopold Shack." – AIA/COTE

[edit] Project Credits

• Architect: Joel Krueger The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc., Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA http://www.tkwa.com
• Architect: Allen Washatko The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc., Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA http://www.tkwa.com
• Architect: Tom Kubala The Kubala Washatko Architects, Inc., Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA http://www.tkwa.com
• Environmental building consultant: Mike Utzinger University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Architecture, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/
• Owner/developer (Executive director): Buddy Huffaker The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA http://www.aldoleopold.org
• Ecologist and timber harvesting expert: Steve Swenson The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA http://www.aldoleopold.org
• LEED consultant: Theresa Lehman The Boldt Company, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA http://www.theboldtcompany.com
• Contractor: The Boldt Company, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA http://www.theboldtcompany.com
• Commissioning agent: Ron Perkins Supersymmetry USA, Inc., Navasota, Texas, USA
• Energy consultant: David Bradley Thermal Energy Systems Specialists, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA http://www.tess-inc.com
• Carpentry contractor: Fred Bachmann Bachmann Construction Co., Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA http://www.bachmannconstruction.net
• Photovoltaic contractor: Andrew Bangert H & H Group, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA http://www.hhelectric.com
• Mechanical contractor: Brady Farrell H & H Group, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA http://www.hhelectric.com
• Electrical contractor: Chip Plummer H & H Group, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA http://www.hhelectric.com
• System controls: Bob Hines Hines & Co., LLC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA http://www.hinesandcompany.com
• Structural engineer: Bob Gilomen KompGilomen Engineering, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Mechanical and plumbing engineer: Bob Eliopolous Matrix Mechanical Solutions, LLC, Greenfield, Wisconsin, USA http://www.matrixmech.com
• Electrical engineer: Tom Pfefferkorn Powrtek Engineering, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA http://www.powrtek.com
• Plumbing contractor: Mark Schoeff Schadde Plumbing & Heating, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
• Landscape architect: Missy Inoue Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Landscape architect Marcy Hufaker [[The Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin http://www.aldoleopold.org

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[edit] References

• Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, by ArchitectureWeek, ArchitectureWeek No. 352, 2007.1003, pD1.1.
• AIA/COTE Case Study Overview. 2008. American Institute of Architects. Viewed by D. Owen on 2008.0508.
  • Process
  • Finance
  • Land Use
  • Site and Water
  • Energy
  • Materials
  • Indoor Environment
  • Images
  • Ratings and Awards
  • Lessons

[edit] External Links

• http://www.aldoleopold.org/legacycenter
• Canadian Wood Council 2007