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David Basulto

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Building of the Year 2009, Houses: House of Ruins (Drupas) / NRJA

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Building of the Year 2009, Institutional: Huanacu Warehouse & Office / tFPS

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Building of the Year 2009, Offices: Manitoba Hydro / KPMB Architects

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Building of the Year 2009, Public Facilities: National Tourist Route Trollstigen / Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

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Building of the Year 2009, Refurbishment: 55 Blair Road / Ong & Ong

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Building of the Year 2009, Religious: Farewell Chapel / OFIS Arhitekti

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Building of the Year 2009, Sports: Zamet Centre / 3LHD

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Building of the Year 2009, Museums & Libraries: Safe Haven Library / TYIN Tegnestue

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Building of the Year 2009, Cultural: BTEK - Technology Interpretation Center / ACXT

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Building of the Year 2009, Interiors: Bastard Store / studiometrico

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Building of the Year 2009, Hotels & Restaurants: The Yas Hotel / Asymptote

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ArchDaily Building of the Year 2009: The Winners

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Architecture for Humanity helping Chile

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© REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

As we reported earlier, an 8.8 earthquake hit Chile last Saturday.

ArchDaily Building of the Year 2009 Awards: Final update

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Dear readers,

Earthquake in Chile

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Dear readers,

ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards: Last week

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Last week to vote for the Building of the Year Awards! The finalists chosen by you represent a wide scope of projects, in terms of scale, budget, materials, programs, location, etc.

The future of architectural visualization

Zebra Imaging 3D

City Center Las Vegas: 6 LEED Gold certifications

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CityCenter Crystals Veer Aria and Harmon

With over 16,797,000 square feet (1,560,500 m2), the recently opened City Center Las Vegas has become one of the largest LEED certified projects in the world. The project included some of the world’s largest firms: Pelli Clarke Pelli, Kohn Pedersen Fox, Helmut Jahn, RV Architecture LLC led by Rafael Viñoly, Foster + Partners, Studio Daniel Libeskind, David Rockwell and Rockwell Group, and Gensler.

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City Center

Inside the complex we find several towers, with hotels, casino and residences, from which the Mandarin Oriental, ARIA Resort’s hotel tower, ARIA’s convention center and theater, Vdara Hotel & Spa, Crystals and Veer towers have received LEED Gold certification.

More photos and information about each building after the break.