Architecture that matters: Award-winning architecture promotes health and reduces carbon emissions

The George Washington University is a world-class research center with a deep commitment to sustainability leadership. So, when the university commissioned a new 161,000 square-foot building for the Milken Institute School of Public Health, they challenged Payette, in association with Ayers Saint Gross, to create an expression of core public health values — light, air, physical activity, nature — to students and the public.