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
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Notes Called the greenest building built to date as of Fall, 2007.

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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.
  • U.S. Green Building Council LEED-NC, v.2/v.2.1--Level: Platinum (61 points)
  • 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


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

"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

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