Category: green roofs
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Earth-Sheltered
An important and somewhat overlooked aspect of Veg.itectural design is the connection and use of the ground plane in providing critical aspects of the shelter. Whether traditional cave-like dwellings that are carved into the sides of hills, or northern european era sod hut housing. These items are used for literally centuries, and there are still…
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Yeang, Nakamura, Lim
The reputation of Veg.itect extraordinaire Ken Yeang is undisputed, but it’s always nice for a refresher on how far he has been pushing in designing (and getting built) these bioclimatic treasures. Inhabitat has recent coverage of an old favorite – the EDITT tower in Singapore, which is slated for construction. Can’t wait to see this…
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Veg.itecture #41
As I mentioned so innocently in the last installment of Veg.itecture, the quantity of projects out there in the world blending landscape and architecture has grown exponentially. This has two impacts… one is continuing to grow my backlog (it’s at about 70 projects) and making me question the rapidity and interval at which I post…
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World Veg.itecture from Land8Lounge
One of the great things about the network of professionals and students that are members of Land8Lounge is the ability to cast a wide, international net for specific information. Case in point, an ongoing discussion on World Examples of Veg.itecture to go along with the group of the similar name – which is my way…
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Sendak, Pre-Vegitect?
One of my favorite children’s books when I was a kid was the Maurice Sendak classic ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ (probably a close tie with Ferdinand the Bull). As many know, this tale of Max as the kid with the wild imagination and awesome wolf costume (which by god I will do for halloween…
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Veg.itecture #40
I have a folder where I keep upcoming items to disseminate in the intermittent Veg.itecture series – and it usually tops out at 15 or so items before I get around to a weekly or bi-weekly compilation – which make for a somewhat lengthy but manageable post. In this case, today I noticed 50+ items…
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California Academy of Sciences is the Pinnacle, Pt. 2
In Part 2 of our coverage of the California Academy of Sciences Building – we hit the NY Times coverage,and a review from Nicolai Ouroussoff that reinforced the thought of the week it seems: “… if you want reaffirmation that human history is an upward spiral rather than a descent into darkness, head to the…
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California Academy of Sciences is the Pinnacle Pt. 1
Is the Renzo Piano California Academy of Sciences Building the apex of green architecture and green roof design? That may be a moot question, at least this week – as everyone fawns with with the imminent opening of the building, and a range of sneak previews from, amongst other, Metropolis, The New York Times, and…
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Veg.itecture #39
Time again for another round of Vegetated Architecture… and in my opinion, the world continues to embrace and expand the potential for veg.itecture in many forms. From the imminent release of Patrick Blanc’s The Vertical Garden (read my review here), to the prevalence of exciting projects, the concept is a movement… at least one with…
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Incenting Ecoroofs in Portland
Some previous posts Sustainable Stormwater and Grey to Green alluded to a large push for incentives to promote stormwater management projects in the City of Portland. For ecoroofs, the City is putting up the money to back up the talk, with a recent announcement.:: image via Bureau of Environmental Services Read the text below… excerpted…