Solar energy with style: the winning entry in the DOE's Sun Wall competition proves that building-integrated PVs can be both functional and beautiful, maximizing technology and design.
Environmental Design & Construction, March, 2001 by Grahl, Christine L.
An artist can't resist the appeal of a blank canvas, Likewise, when the Department of Energy announced its Sun Wall National Solar Design Competition in March 2000, few architects and designers were able to refuse the allure of creating a solar masterpiece on the south-facing wall of the DOE's Forrestal headquarters building in Washington, DC. Seven months and 115 high-tech solar design entries later, only one design walked away with the $20,000 grand prize. The winning entry -- designed by Martin Wolf, FAIA; Mark Frisch, AIA; Devon Patterson, AIA; and Duane Carter, of Solomon Cordwell Buenz & Associates (SCB), Chicago; and Mahadev Raman and David M. Scott of Ove Arup & Partners, New York City -- combines electricity generating photo-voltaic panels with a solar thermal...
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