Maldives Promotion House – Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa has announced that it has won the 2012 Green GOOD DESIGN ™ Award from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, product and graphic designs from over 20 nations were awarded with Green GOOD DESIGN 2012, representing the world’s most important manufacturers and design firms and leading FORTUNE 500 corporations that are forwarding a new emphasis on a more sustainable design and environment worldwide.

Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and to develop a public awareness program to the international general public about which companies are doing the best job in sustainable design for our world environments. The original GOOD DESIGN founded in Chicago in 1950 program remains the oldest and most important Awards Program worldwide.

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies is dedicated to public education concerning all aspects of the built environment—from entire cities to individual buildings—including the philosophical issues of arts and culture that ultimately give the final shape to design.

A high emphasis exists on contemporary values and aesthetics; conservation and sustainability; and the theoretical exploration and advancement of art and design as the highest expression of culture and urbanism. The European Centre’s geographic range encompasses all European Union and non-EU countries within Europe, while maintaining a full global outreach.