Located in Seattle, Washington the newly constructed building has been rated LEED by USGBC. AIA also chose it as one of the Top Ten Green Project of 2009.

Designed by Weber Thompson, it provides a health and creative environment to the people. Completed in April 2008, this building has 6 stories. It was formerly a light industrial area with parks, multi family residences, offices and industrial buildings. The office space is about 37,000 sq feet on four floors; in the ground floor it has retail and restaurant space with a courtyard for social gathering.

The parking area is underground which has two levels to park cars and bicycles. The office space of this building is occupied by an architectural firm, a real estate firm and a marketing firm.

There will be high level of impact from an office environment than a residential complex. The Terry Thomas was designed to meet all the environmental issues and also enhance the health; productivity of the occupant, the high priority is put upon the energy efficiency of the building so that the future payback will be gained.

The project team started the design after analyzing the need of the occupants which is mainly focused on the daylighting, natural ventilation and improved community meeting place. The team came with the design that prioritized the ventilation, day light and better meeting space.

Source: djc.com, treehuggers.com, AIA top Ten 2009