ENR2's 10th Birthday Bash

September 10, 2025

ENR2's 10th 

Birthday Bash!

ENR2's 10th Birthday Bash!

Celebrate sustainable design and 
environmental work at the University of Arizona.

"Our goal was to create a building that fostered interdisciplinary interaction, with a setup that encouraged people to leave their offices and spend more time in open space, connecting with one another. I think we hit a home run."

- May Carr, Former Senior Architect for Planning, Design and Construction / ENR2's Design Manager

This year, ENR2 is turning 10, and we're throwing it a birthday bash to recognize not only the building itself, but also the importance of sustainable built environments and environmental work at the University of Arizona.

 

Come celebrate with us over cupcakes, arts and crafts, building tours, panel discussions and more!

 

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U of A Student Activities

Students speaking with a tabling participant at the 2024 ENR2 Birthday Party

Find Your Environment Resource Fair

University of Arizona students are invited to discover ways to nurture their interest in environment and sustainability. Discover clubs, majors, research programs, and more.  

1-4 p.m., ENR2 Courtyard

Two students hold cyanotype prints

Sun Printing Workshop

Create a cyanotype, an image of shadows with light-sensitive paper. We will provide plant clippings and collage materials for you to compose your sun print art.  

1-2 p.m., ENR2 Rooftop

Desert Lab greenhouse on Tumamoc Hill

Biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert with Live Reptiles

Learn about amazing desert-adapted plants and animals and meet live reptiles (including Gila monsters!) with Robert Villa, outreach assistant with the Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill.  

2-3 p.m., ENR2 S210

Community Activities

The Green Roof Project atop the Environment and Natural Resources 2

Public Building Tours

Learn about the sustainable features of ENR2 and how the original design and construction of the building has evolved over the last 10 years.

4:15-5:15 p.m., ENR2 Courtyard

Courtyard of the ENR2 building on the University of Arizona campus

ENR2 Design Panel

Ten years after the project was completed, the architects, engineers, planners and builders who were central to ENR2’s development reunite to reflect on what it takes to create a space like ENR2.  

5:30-6:30 p.m., ENR2 S107

ENR2

Reception

Students and community members are invited to close out our birthday celebration with light refreshments and a gathering to reflect on how ENR2 helps unite us around our shared interested in the environment, sustainability and resilience. Come for the cupcakes, stay for the companionship! 

6:30-7:30 p.m., ENR2 Courtyard

Special thank you to our generous sponsors for making the ENR2 10th Birthday possible!

 

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Fun Facts about ENR2

In 2024, ENR2 was featured in Works with Nature, a collaborative publication by the United Nations.

WORKS with Nature: Low Carbon Adaptation Techniques for a Changing World | NAP Central

ENR2 AWARDS

  • 2025    Arizona Forward, Award of Distinction in Environmental Excellence
  • 2023    ASLA Honor Award, General Design
  • 2023    LAF’s Landscape Performance Series Case Study Investigation Program
  • 2021    The Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture
  • 2021    Green Good Design, European Centre for Architecture, Art Design, and Urban Studies
  • 2018    AIA Western Mountain Region, Merit Award
  • 2017    AIA Arizona, Distinguished Architecture Honor
  • 2016    IIDA SW Chapter PRIDE Awards, Merit Award
  • 2015    37th Contract Magazine Awards, Sustainability                   
  • 2015    WAN Awards, Long List, Metal in Architecture