the Founders Award

The 2006 Sustainable Building Design Competition was held in Raleigh this weekend, at the NC Natural Museum of Science.

Here are some pictures of the children enjoying the museum:

There was a really neat butterfly sanctuary we could go in. They were all over the place! Nicholas dressed up like a yellow jecket in the museum's discovery room.Robin and the hissing cockroaches.

Nicholas and Robin learned all about things animals make. Here they're making a caddisfly.

Robin checking out a bullfrog. Did you know it takes 2 years for them to turn from tadpoles to bullfrogs?

Nicholas learned that salamanders and frogs both hatch into tadpoles and even biologists have a hard time telling them apart until the salamanders develop frilly "gills" behind the eyes.Daddy holds Robin up to see a beautiful green Pithon.
Nicholas didn't like the bottled water....AT ALL!

Now on to the competition:
Team 12 won the "Founders Award" for most innovative design and reveived $1000 for the team! Here is a list of the judges (for my dad):

• Chris Benedict Architect, Chris Benedict, R.A, New York, N.Y.

• Bob Calhoun Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Key West and Lower Florida Keys, Ramrod Key, Fla.

• Brian Coble Director, Healthy Buildings Resource Center, Advanced Energy, Raleigh, N.C

• Dan Estes President, Weaver Cooke Construction, Greensboro, N.C.

• Rex Pace Universal Design Solutions, Raleigh, N.C

• Sam Rashkin National Director, ENERGY STAR for Homes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.

• Sharlyn Underwood Interior Designer, SmithLewis ARCHITECTURE, Roanoke, Va.

It sure was windy in Raleigh! (Adrian and Nicholas)Team XII sets up the display!

Here is the master team: Adrian, Walker, Beth, Matt, and Nikki
The finished display! Ready for the judges.

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