{"139611":{"#nid":"139611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dining Hall Earns Award for Design Excellence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this year, the North Avenue Apartments \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/greenbuzz\/news\/north-avenue-apartments-dedicated-leed-gold-distinction\u0022\u003Eearned LEED gold certification\u003C\/a\u003E for its sustainable design. Now, the Atlanta Urban Design Commission (UDC) has honored the facility\u2019s dining hall with an Award of Excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe North Avenue Dining Hall earned the honor for the enhancements its sustainable design elements have brought to the intersection of North Avenue and Centennial Olympic Park Drive\/Techwood Drive.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u201caddition of the dining hall creates a vibrant street wall and the public space at the corner,\u201d said a statement from the UDC. \u0022While delightful now, [it] will improve with age as the trees create a ceiling for the well-placed outdoor room.\u201d Prior to these changes, the building\u2019s street presence was described as \u201cless than welcoming.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe dining hall, which opened to campus in the fall of 2011, was the first new dining hall to open on campus since Woodruff\u2019s opening on west campus in 1985. On average, North Avenue serves more than 12,000 students per week during the spring and fall semesters. Meal choices include traditional dining hall fare of pizza, burgers and sandwiches, as well as more expansive options such as pho, world fare and a chef\u2019s station.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOriginally built to house athletes for the 1996 Olympic games, the North Avenue Apartments \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whistle.gatech.edu\/archives\/07\/mar\/12\/dorm_transfer.shtml\u0022\u003Ebecame part of Georgia Tech housing in 2007\u003C\/a\u003E. The area now home to the dining hall previously housed other external dining establishments.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe North Avenue Dining Hall was honored for enhancing the intersection of North Avenue and Centennial Olympic Park Drive\/Techwood Drive.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The North Avenue Dining Hall was honored for its sustainable design enhancements."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-07-10 15:56:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:29","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"139621":{"id":"139621","type":"image","title":"North Avenue Dining Hall","body":null,"created":"1449178710","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:30","changed":"1475894771","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:11","alt":"North Avenue Dining Hall","file":{"fid":"194902","name":"11e3001-p1-023.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11e3001-p1-023_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/11e3001-p1-023_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2512773,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/11e3001-p1-023_0.jpg?itok=iSt0yhVi"}},"68528":{"id":"68528","type":"image","title":"North Avenue Dining Hall 1","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"North Avenue Dining Hall 1","file":{"fid":"192595","name":"dininghall-6.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dininghall-6_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dininghall-6_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1527211,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dininghall-6_0.jpg?itok=8fyPOf7U"}}},"media_ids":["139621","68528"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/space.gatech.edu\/","title":"Capital Planning and Space Management"},{"url":"http:\/\/dining.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Dining Services"},{"url":"http:\/\/greenbuzz.gatech.edu\/","title":"Green Buzz"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"38001","name":"atlanta urban design commission"},{"id":"1151","name":"dining"},{"id":"1859","name":"dining services"},{"id":"8392","name":"Georgia Tech Capital Planning and Space Management"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"2051","name":"North Avenue Apartments"},{"id":"13370","name":"North Avenue Dining Hall"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:howard.wertheimer@space.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EHoward Wertheimer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECapital Planning and Space Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}