Make a Professional Commitment to Protect the World’s Forests

Global warming. Clear cuts. Ecosystem and watershed damage. Habitat destruction and no wild beauty in sight. Egads! These are serious topics that can be overwhelming and enough to make you a bit numb.

Middlebury College’s Bicentennial Hall is the largest academic structure in the US to use FSC-certified wood. The award-winning building was designed by Payette Associates of Boston, MA.

What tangible step can you take to
protect forests?
Specify certified wood in your projects. Along with the contemporary credo to “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” this is one of the most powerful things you can do to change the way wood products are harvested and sold around the world.

Certification was developed by the Forest Stewardship Council as a proactive, market-based solution to a growing ecological crisis. Independent, third-party certification focuses on creating consumer demand for sustainably harvested wood—and then provides forest landowners and manufacturers who can meet this demand.

Architects are in a unique position to implement this new vision that balances environmental and commercial interests. As an architect who specifies FSC-certified wood and leads by example, you are able to initiate huge changes in the forest products industry.

Why should you care?
Because no one can afford to ignore the issues of certification and sustainability any longer. In just the past year this industry has grown exponentially as major retailers and manufacturers commit to FSC-certified wood. Certification in not only environmentally friendly, it's also become an important strategic business consideration.

So come on, be a superhero.
No, were not saying that as an architect you’re responsible for saving the world—just for doing your part. We have all the information you need to educate yourself on the issues—and more importantly, we have the resources to help you find the suppliers that will bring all your projects to fruition.

	This custom-built home in northern California makes extensive use of FSC-certified CollinsWood.
	United terminal in SFO airport.
	Bicentennial Hall lecture hall.
	901 Cherry Office Building / Gap Inc. in San Bruno, CA.
	Nike European Headquarters in the Netherlands, designed by William McDonough + Partners.
	World Resources Institute in Washington DC, designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum.
	Bainbridge Island City Hall, designed by the Miller/Hull Partnership
	This addition to a Lake Oswego, OR, home was designed by Neil Kelly Company of Portland, OR.
	Philip Merril Environment Center designed by SmithGroup.
	Duke University, Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine & Applied Sciences. Durham, NC.

For information about FSC-certified CollinsWood, please contact:
Lee Jimerson
ljimerson@collinsco.com
800.329.1219 ext. 2266
503.417.1441 (fax)

Current Projects Using FSC-Certified Wood
Visionary architects are everywhere, designing major office complexes, airports, colleges, institutions, government offices, and private homes. Here are some recent projects that made extensive use of certified wood and the firms that designed them:

San Francisco International Airport / New Terminal
San Francisco, CA
Joint Venture Architects:
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
www.som.com
Del Campo & Maru
www.dcmsf.com
Michael Willis & Associates

Middlebury College Bicentennial Hall
Middlebury, VT
Payette Associates
www.payette.com

901 Cherry Office Building / Gap Inc.
San Bruno, CA
William McDonough + Partners
www.mcdonough.com
Gap Design Team
Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwide
www.gensler.com

EPA Region 10 Headquarters Renovation
Seattle, WA
Steig Design

Oberlin College / Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
Oberlin, OH
William McDonough + Partners
www.mcdonough.com

Nike European Headquarters
Hilversum, the Netherlands
William McDonough + Partners
www.mcdonough.com

World Resources Institute
Washington DC
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
www.hok.com

Coffee Creek Center
Chesterton, IN
Conservation Design Forum
William McDonough + Partners
www.mcdonough.com

101 Emerson House
Palo Alto, CA
Eshrick Homsey Dodge and Davis
www.ehdd.com

Bainbridge Island City Hall
Bainbridge Island, WA
The Miller/Hull Partnership
www.millerhull.com

Ross School
Ross, CA
Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis
www.ehdd.com

University of Portland
Portland, OR
Soderstrom Architects
www.sdra.com

Big Bend National Park Amphitheater
National Park Service

Bronx Zoo / Congo Rainforest Exhibit
New York, NY
Helpren Associates

Cedar River Watershed Interpretive Center
Seattle, WA
Jones & Jones
www.jonesandjones.com

Paradise Pier / Disney California Adventure
Disney Architects

Trail Blazers Practice Court
Portland, OR
BOORA Architects Inc.
www.boora.com

Lake Oswego Addition
Lake Oswego, OR
Neil Kelly Company
www.neilkelly.com

Philip Merrill Environment Center
Annapolis, MD
SmithGroup
www.smithgroup.com

Duke University
Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine & Applied Sciences. Durham, NC (LEED Silver)
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Veneer: FSC-certified quartered cherry
SJ Morse
www.sjmorse.com