Author: Jason King
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VIA: 11-20
And more from Veg.itecture in Action… VIA 11: Living with Skin :: images via Greenmeme VIA 12: Green Roof Maintenance:: images via Urban Greenery VIA 13: Parliament House Canberra :: images via Gardenvisit VIA 14: Penn State Green Roof:: images via Treehugger VIA 15: Brooklyn Green Roof :: images via Urban Greenery VIA 16: Bostons…
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VIVA: 11-20
More from the Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment… VIVA 11: Mas sobre el Pabellon :: imagesvia Platforma Arquitectura VIVA 12: Bouwkunde Building :: images via The Design Blog VIVA 13: Babcock Ranch :: image via Jetson GreenVIVA 14: Annie MG Schmidt House Competition :: images via Bustler VIVA 15: University of Sheffield :: image via Urban…
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Warped Perspectives
A horizonless project in Manhattan called Here & There, by Schulze & Webb that gives a roller-coaster like view of the island. These are really, really cool… nuff said. :: images via Space Invading
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VIVA: 1-10
The flip side of the VIA 10 spots is the Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment – looking at the latest and greatest in representational vegetated architecture. Lots to see here. VIVA 1: G TECTS:: image via Bustler VIVA 2: Realize Hudson Rise :: images via A Daily Dose of Architecture VIVA 3: Green Wall in Cordoba…
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VIA: 1-10
Taking time off from blogging is wonderful – but the backlog of great projects to catch up on is a bit daunting. At the risk of Veg.itectural overload – I’m packing up 10 projects per post, in both the Veg.itecture In Action (VIA) category and the Veg.itecture in Visual Assessement (VIVA) categories (read here to…
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Drawing Water
This great image (from BLDGBLOG) featuring a proposal from EDAW for a 2008 exhibition from the London Festival of Architecture entitled ‘If I could design London I would…‘ As pointed out on the BLDGBLOG post, the poster features some compelling retro-futuristic graphics that look at the water-based configuration of London. :: image via BLDGBLOG A…
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The Future is Now
The Wall Street Journal asked a trio of designers to imagine the ‘Green House of the Future’, with energy efficiency as a point-of-departure. This group came up with some inventive visions – although it’s telling that all of these ideas and problems could be envisioned right now with our available technology and materials. Nonetheless, the…
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Reading List: Green Roof Systems
My good friends at Wiley sent me a copy of the long-awaited ‘Green Roof Systems: A Guide to the Planning, Design, and Construction of Landscapes over Structure‘ by Susan K Weiler and Katrin Scholz-Barth. At first glance, the book is not remarkably pretty, which is usually a sign of a reference that aims for substance…
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Ecoroof Vendor Fair
It was great to spend Saturday hanging out with an energetic group of vendors and members of the community nerding out on Veg.itecture… good times. Spreading the gospel of the green and GreenWorks. :: image via GreenWorks
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Back in the Saddle
Thanks for those whom I had a chance to meet at the recent speaking engagements… I’ve decided to write that book on Veg.itecture I’ve been toying with, so any publishers out there, drop a line. And good news, more posts coming soon… for now, visit the flickr page from the fabulous Friends of the High…