Innovative Design

We had a privilege to design The Sancar Turkish Cultural and Community Center for The Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation. The Center is dedicated to increasing understanding of Turkey, its people, customs and history.

Dr. Aziz Sancar is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chmistry in 2015. He and his wife, Gwen, founded the foundation in 2007. After Dr. Sancar won the Nobel Prize, they decided to build the center to promote Turkish culture. We, Innovative Design, were hired to design the center to become a notable sustainable project targeting net zero energy. The following video presents the wonderful story about the foundation and the building.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZkHZllfwg

Going Green by Example: The Story Behind the Sancar Turkish Cultural & Community Center Created by Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT)Camera and Post-Production by Leyla Moavenzadeh

Isaac Dickson Elementary School in Asheville that Innovative Design and Legerton Architecture designed finally received solar panels funded by over 100 local donors. Congrats, IDES!

Crowdfunding makes a net-zero school - Innovative Design Isaac Dickson Elementary School received PV solar panels funded by the community

Innovative Design office building was built in 1983 utilizing passive solar design principles. Simple passive solar strategies last longer and outperform high-tech technologies. This 40-year-old office building demonstrates energy efficiency exceeding most modern, high-tech office buildings. Find out how.

Equinox II - Sun and passive design never get old - Innovative Design Equinox Office Building, Raleigh, North Carolina

Meet new leaders of Innovative Design.

Innovative Design 2.0 - Innovative Design Posted: May 6th, 2021 May 7, 2021 For Immediate Release Innovative Design 2.0 Mike Nicklas, FAIA and Gary Bailey, AIA founded Innovative Design, Inc., a unique architecture firm dedicated to utilizing solar and energy efficiency technologies as integral components of their practice. Over forty-four....

We, Innovative Design, takes this low-carbon buildings pilot program and the Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) program seriously. Carbon footprint analysis of Scope 1, 2 and 3 will be provided. Real-time control to demand response (DR) and a localized renewable energy system will be integrated into our building design. As we have been, we are committed to be the leader of the sustainable design.

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Our two founders, Mike and Gary, took the next step of their lives. Read their wonderful paths and retirement.

Mike and Gary are retiring and turning over leadership of the firm they created! - Innovative Design Posted: Apr 21st, 2021 In 1977, Mike Nicklas, FAIA and Gary Bailey, AIA founded Innovative Design, Inc., a unique architecture firm dedicated to fighting the energy crises of the 1970s by utilizing solar energy and energy efficiency technologies as integral components of their new practice. Over the...

Check our re-designed website as kicking-off our 5th decade!
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Isaac Dickson Elementary School in Asheville, NC, will host the Fall Tour of A4LE North Carolina event on October 6th. Please join us to walk through the LEED Platinum-sought school with lots of sustainable and experiential learning features.
Our Principal, Brian Baewon Brian Baewon Koh will lead the tour with a presentation.

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