Category: green roofs
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Veg.itecture #30
Finally catching up to the massive amounts of Vegetated Architecture… so this will be a super-sized version to get up to speed. Also, there are a few spin-offs that demand more than a quick image or two here. Enough talk… time to go. A killer image from Bustler: “In competition with some of the world’s…
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PS1 Public Farm Grows
It’s been a well covered and wonderful example of some ephemeral architecture installation with an urban ag twist – the Public Farm at PS1 is now up and running – and it’s an interesting transformation from idea to reality. Seen on Treehugger, the project now has it’s own website at Public Farm 1, showing construction…
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Battersea Power Station
A good amount of buzz about Rafael Viñoly and his new Battersea Power Station development master plan. A comprehensive look from WAN shows a range of images and some descriptions of the features of the development. “The masterplan, unveiled today by Treasury Holdings UK on behalf of REO, will regenerate an area of London that…
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Veg.itecture #29
There are a lot of new examples of Veg.itecture, spanning a variety of concepts that are really expanding the idea and breadth of Vegetated Architecture. I’ve also been reading a number of books from stellar Vegitect Ken Yeang, specifically Ecodesign, which is a must-read for anyone interested in holistic ecological design. Look for a review…
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Veg.itecture #28
It’s spring, and there’s been a bumper crop of vegetated architecture examples from around the globe. I’ve been neglecting the posting – and now they’ve piled up into a major collection of projects – and it’s inevitable to be a multi-part series of Veg.itecture posts to get all of the great projects in there. So,…
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Chicago: Bridge to Nowhere
It’s tongue and cheek, but of course I couldn’t resist taking a friendly barb at Chicago. It’s like you want to cross Lake Michigan, but decide it’s not going to work, and going back to Chicago seems like a good plan. C’mon, they can take it, as it IS the cultural creative capital of the…
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Veg.itecture #27
The next installment of the Vegetated Architecture series – with a grab bag of interesting examples. For starters, the announcement that Jean Nouvel’s winning entry for the landmark tower in Paris’s La Defense district (featured in Veg.itecture #18) bested entries by Liebskind, Foster, and others. Some additional images of the project, and a quote via…
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Veg.itecture #26
Some new additions, as well as revisits to some projects featured previously. While I loved the Parti Wall, Hanging Wall concept – I also jested about the vague resemblance to a bath mat in closeups… A significant amount of more detail of the production and installation offers some interesting ideas. :: images via Archinect Definitely…
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Veg.itecture #25
A new crop of Vegetated Architecture from the world – from small to large, vertical to horizontal. For starters, a fav blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, with an archidose featuring one of my fav projects – “Tower Flower” by Edouard François. :: image via Archidose Next I go again to the newish blog _urb_…
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Green Roof (and Wall) Design Awards
Caroline Nolan from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) was kind enough to send me the recent winners of the 2008 Green Roof and Wall Design Awards. A few of the winning projects have been featured here on L+U as models of the ongoing Veg.itecture series. A few others are new information for me. Read…