Topics » Business & Economy   April 23, 2012

Sunshine, Composting Toilets and Rainwater: Recipe for a Top 10 Green Building

1315 Peachtree Street

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1315 Peachtree Street

1315 Peachtree Street; Atlanta, Ga.

This building is a civic-focused, adaptive reuse of a 1986 office structure transformed into a "living laboratory" and educational tool for sustainable design," according to AIA. The space is an office, library and entertainment/culture center. Views to the outdoors: 98 percent.

Total project cost at time of completion, land excluded: $10 million.

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