Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center, Asheville, North Carolina

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	Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center
Designer	Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Location	Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Date	2004 to 2007
Building Type	Government Building
Construction System	Steel, wood, glass, masonry
Climate	Mild Temperate
Context	Rural
Architectural Style	Neo-Vernacular
Street Address	195 Hemphill Knob Road Walk Score
Notes	Building is heated by Trombe walls along the south facade.

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

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Building Details
Client	National Parks Service
Cost	$9.8 Million US
Annual Building Energy Use per Unit Area	130.91 kWh/m2/year
Area	12,000 square feet (1,115 square meters)
Stories	2
Program	exhibition hall, 70-seat theater, bookstore, offices.

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• Passive Solar on the Blue Ridge Parkway - EDC, 2008.0501
• $9.8 million visitor center opens along Blue Ridge Parkway - 2007.1218

• "Appalachian Suncatcher", by Debra Moffitt, ArchitectureWeek No. 380, 2008.0521, p E1.1
• Project Overview
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[edit] External Links

• Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center at High Performance Federal Buildings site