Yountville Town Center & Library
Yountville, California
The Yountville Town Center consists of a new 11,500 sf facility, renovation of an existing Community Hall and a Sheriff’s Substation addition to the adjacent Post Office. These three civic buildings frame a new Yountville Town Square.
The new building houses a branch library, multi-purpose room, teen center, meeting and program spaces. Because sustainability was a priority of Yountville’s leadershp, a number of green features were integrated: a ground source heating and cooling system, a 38 kw photovoltaic array, low-flow plumbing fixtures, environmentally preferred building materials, efficient lighting and daylighting, natural ventilation, water-conserving landscape, and an innovative subsurface irrigation system.
AWARDS:
- Savings by Design Energy Efficiency Integration Award of Honor, AIA California Council
- AIA San Francisco Energy & Sustainability Citation Award
- AIA East Bay Architecture Citation Award
- California Woodworks Green Building Wood Design Award
SIZE: 21,000 sf
- New Facilities: 11,500 sf
- Renovations: 8,500 sf
- Additions: 1,000 SF
COST: $9.6M
STATUS: Construction completed 2009
CLIENT: Town of Yountville
PHOTOGRAPHY: David Wakely
The Yountville Town Center received the 2010 Award of Honor, Savings by Design / AIA California Council’s highest award. Comments from the jurors: “On every level this project excels… it brings the ideals of sustainable design to a great cross section of the public—from kids to retirees;” “A wonderfully scaled project that uses familiar, time-honored sustainable strategies with innovative technologies. Rarely are sustainable practice and design so well married into a purposeful and singular statement.”
— JUROR COMMENTS, SAVINGS BY DESIGN /
AIA CALIFORNIA COUNCIL
AIA CALIFORNIA COUNCIL