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Award - Merit

Project - LEED Certified Headquarters for Ruppert Nurseries

Category - Commercial Architecture

Project Location - Laytonsville, MD

Architects - Muse Architects

Associated Architects -

Owner/Developer - Ruppert Nurseries

Contractor - Morgan-Keller Construction

Photographer(s) - Alan Karchmer Architectural Photographer

Jury Comments - This project takes the vocabulary of the existing house on the property and does a very nice job of creating a campus of buildings that don’t necessarily replicate or mimick, but actually draw inspiration from the original house to create very strong, very clear design. The layout of the buildings and the site are very ordered and simplistic. The use of color and photography is very well presented. We liked the simplicity of the hand drawings. The imagery – albeit it is a nursery – this vocabulary works well with that industry.