Category: green roofs
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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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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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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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Tonight: Habitats/Veg.itecture
integrating habitats defining veg.itecture asla oregon – mt. hood section lecture 1515 SE Water Street – Suite 100 April 14, 2008 – 5:30pm Two current trends that offer myriad opportunities for landscape architecture include trends towards truly integrated habitats and definitions of veg.itecture, the insertion of vegetation into architectural form. Jason King, ASLA LEED and…
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Vancouver CC Green Roof Videos
As promised some more coverage of the new Vancouver Convention Centre and it’s massive green roof – this time in a pair of videos. First, a video featuring extensive interviews with the landscape architect, Bruce Hemstock from PWL Partnership, as well as Reece Rehm, planting supervisor for Holland Landscapers. Enjoy. Thanks James from Radar DDB…
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VIVA + VIA Sneak Peek
The inevitable issue with taking a break, even for a couple of weeks, from blogging, is that the flows of project ideas and concepts wait for no one and begin to pile up in a somewhat annoying fashion… so I have a massive backlog of projects to show off… and as it’s late – a…
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Malcolm Wells: Infra Structures
Subtitled “Life support for the nation’s circulatory system”, the 1994 book Infra Structures by Malcolm Wells offers a chance to revisit the integration of our architecture and infrastructural systems – appropriate for our new found interest in the workings of our society and urbanity. The the juxtaposed pipe/greenery on the cover, the thrust of this…
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Meadowlicious: National Wildflower Centre
Buildings that are used to celebrate botanical phenomena seem the most appopriate to become melded into the landscape in more meaningful ways. Aside from abstracted metaphor, there is a direct link between the building and the content and context in which it is meant to reference. A recent competition and subsequent announcement of winners for…