Building tours at the Woods Hole Research Center

Center staff moved into the new building in March of 2003. Since that time, we have given many tours of the building, which are testimony to the fact that the building serves as a model of energy efficiency, sustainability, and fine architecture. Such were the goals of then Director, George M. Woodwell, and in the fall of 2008, upon the occasion of his 80th birthday, the trustees of the Woods Hole Research Center announced that the building would be named after him. It is now the George M. Woodwell Building on the Gilman Ordway Campus.

Building tours are given to the general public as well as to architects, engineers, and students, from grade school age through college and graduate school. Tours may be arranged by calling Allison White at 508-540-9900, ext. 150.

More on the building

In 1999, with a pressing need for expanded facilities to house a growing staff, the Center employed the firm of William McDonough + Partners to design a 19,300 s.f. building that would be a model for 21st century construction in its use of energy, water, and environmentally-friendly building materials. Completed in February of 2003, the Gilman Ordway Campus was designed to provide comfort and pleasure to building inhabitants without causing harm to the immediate environment and the larger world. It is in fact, a true "building for the future."

Because we designed this building as a replicable model for sustainable design, the building itself functions as one of our primary tools for demonstrating some of the possibilities for the successful implementation of "green architecture." Group tours can be scheduled by prior arrangement.

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