Tag: Green Roofs - Page 3
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Do Green Roofs and Rainwater Harvesting Belong Together?
One might think that green roofs and rainwater harvesting were made for each other, that the sand, soil and filter cloth would help clean the water as it made it's way to the drain. But apparently not; in a new
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Almost Instant Library Has Green Roof, Living Wall
Le Corbusier said Creation is a Patient Search, but sometimes people are in a hurry. The Zeidler Partnership had to crank out an Electronic Learning Centre and 10 classrooms is a couple of months for Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, and fast-track
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Could Rooftop Gardens Help Ease Unrest in Mideast?
Residents of Cairo have celebrated and cleaned up following the historic protests in the country. Now, the hard work of, as one sign put it, "building Egypt" begins. Though the factors that
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North America's Largest Sloping Green Roof Collapses
Aquascape's head office had "the largest sloping green roof in North America, planted with native prairie grass and flowers and a complete irrigation system." Who would think that a firm that makes water gardens could be so big,
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Green Roofed Shipping Container, Recycled Furniture At Lovely Pop Up Cultural Center in Buenos Aires
Designed to set up 'educational points' at different areas of the city, a new pop up, nomad cultural center has opened at the explanade of the Proa foundation in La Boca neighborhood, Buenos Aires.
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Are Walmart's Eco-Efforts Enough? Balancing Sustainability & Social Responsibility at America's Largest Retailer
Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the
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Andrew Maynard's Portable Pod-Shelter Has Green Roof
Images credit Andrew Maynard Architects Best of Green 2010 Young Architect Andrew Maynard never got to build his BOB popup-camper car, but now is getting to do the next best thing: a pop-up portable pod-shelter for the Royal Botanic Gardens in
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Ford's Giant Green Roof Started Ten Years Ago; How Things Have Changed
It's ten years since the start of construction of the green roof on top of the big River Rouge plant. Kevin described it in TreeHugger in 2004: "The 10.4 acre sedum roof insulates the building, provides a
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DOE Installs Cool Roof, Saves Taxpayers $2,000 in Energy Costs
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the completion of a new 25,000-square-foot cool roof on the Department of Energy's headquarters west building in Washington, DC. The design added no extra cost to the roof
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A Roof of Hot Air Makes a Picnic Pavilion the Perfect Autumn Hideaway
From Dutch designers Overtreders W comes "Het dak dat opgaat in rook," or the "roof that goes up in smoke." It's a fitting name, since this innovative picnic pavilion consists not only of the usual tables and chairs, but also of
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How To Put A Building In Public Space: Put A Green Roof On It
I have previously complained that green roofs have become a form of greenwashing, used to put buildings where they shouldn't be by pretending to blend into the green environment surrounding it. But Diller Scofidio + Renfro's
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Green Roofs Are Changing Architecture: BIG's New School In Denmark
Green roofs continue to change architecture, as architects blend buildings into the landscape and use the roofs as architectural elements, often to hide the building from view. The Vilhelmsro school in Denmark "focuses on nature and
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Exclusive Look Inside Michelle Kaufmann's 2010 Smart Home in Chicago
TreeHugger first covered architect Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago in 2008 with a guest post by Brian Jones. It is a different creature today; the Museum redoes the interior every year. Being in Chicago fo
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Futuristic Green Design Concepts Give New Life to Old Buenos Aires Building (Slideshow)
Design and architecture event Casa FOA takes an old building or structure in Buenos Aires and puts it in the hands of talented architects and designers -- who transform it to showcase interior design 'concept spaces.'
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Futuristic Green Design Concepts Give New Life to Old Buenos Aires Building
Design and architecture event Casa FOA takes an old building or structure in Buenos Aires and puts it in the hands of talented architects and designers -- who transform it to showcase interior design 'concept spaces.' Apart from bringing new life to old
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Creating a Greener City, One Rooftop at a Time
Putting a green roof on a landmark building -- the city hall in Toronto or Chicago, a convention center in Vancouver, San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences -- has long been a highly
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Garden Shed Studio Has Green Walls, Built of Green Materials
It seems like only yesterday that I was wondering if garden sheds would catch on in North America, when Alex at Shedworking tips me off to this lovely little painting studio in a San Francisco garden, by
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Turn Your Roof Into a Neighborhood For Needy Birds
We've heard of white roofs to deflect heat, solar-paneled roofs to produce energy, and even green roofs to add a touch of nature to our abodes -- but one designer has created a roof that can benefit the environment in yet
