Aims to be the First LEED® Gold Certified Music Conservatory in the U.S.
21 July, 2011
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building, a virtual rhapsody in Alcoa’s Reynobond aluminum composite material (ACM), has applied to become the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certified music conservatory in the U.S.
The $24 million, three-story, 37,000-square-foot structure is the new home for the Jazz Studies Program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is composed of three basic elements: an aluminum exterior, which wraps and encloses the programmatic elements; openings created by cutting and peeling away the aluminum composite material shell; and an abundance of daylight streaming into the building.
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The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building at Oberlin College in Ohio is a virtual rhapsody in Alcoa’s Reynobond® architectural aluminum panels. The new jazz building aims to be the first (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) LEED Gold certified music conservatory in the U.S.
