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Hammer & Hand will host an Aug. 6 event to present awards in the Portland contractor’s annual design competition.

The event, which will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the American Institute of Architect’s Center for Architecture at 403 N.W. 11^th Ave., is open to the public. The event also will feature the unveiling of an exhibit exploring how high-performance buildings can tackle climate change, said Zach Semke, director of business development for Hammer & Hand.

This is the second year for Hammer & Hand’s , which is open to architecture students and interns. The awards aim to encourage and recognize building practices that achieve net zero energy consumption, Semke said

This year’s competition attracted 50 entries, twice as many as last year. The entrants represent 24 universities from across the country, as well as from Toronto, Canada.

鈥淚t was fun to see it take off,鈥� Semke said of the contest’s second year. 鈥淭here is a lot of growing interest in high-performance building and the idea that buildings can generate more energy than they consume.鈥�

Specifically, entrants were asked to design a net-zero energy, mixed-use, four-story multifamily building on a parcel bounded by Northeast Couch and East Burnside streets and 14^th Avenue.

Top winners will share a $6,000 prize and will have their designs put on public display in Portland and Seattle.

During the Aug. 6 event, Hammer & Hand also plans to unveil, 鈥淓volution of Enclosure: The Anatomy of Building Performance,鈥� a exhibit featuring the materials, techniques and designs used by four architecture firms to create net-zero energy, mixed-used, multifamily buildings, Semke said.

The exhibit will consist of four full-scale wall assembly cross sections, a suite of building science illustrations, project photography and an interactive set of high performance building animations.

The exhibit draws on built projects in Portland and Seattle that were designed by Holst Architecture, Scott|Edwards Architecture, SHED Architecture & Design and the Miller Hull Partnership.

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