AP News features The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, in partnership with DLR Group, for achieving the highest honor in sustainable building design, becoming the first museum in the United States to earn LEED v4 Building Design and Construction, New Construction Platinum certification.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s $150 million transformation project is an unprecedented reinvention that aligns the Museum’s architecture with its mission of instilling a passion for nature and science in all learners. The project reimagines an existing 217,250 SF facility, located prominently within Cleveland’s cultural district, to more than 375,000 SF with more than 2 acres of outdoor visitor areas. The project includes a new Visitor Hall, lobby, and exhibit wing with completely new exhibits that break away from traditional museum compartmentalization by time period and scientific discipline. Instead, the Museum’s reconceptualized exhibits present an integrated storyline of planetary and biological processes that make these powerful forces tangible and relevant to contemporary life.

Read more about the Cleveland Museum’s pathway to LEED Platinum Certification with AP News.