Category: plants
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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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Post-Successional Landscapes
This week came to a close with another Park(ing) Day, a phenomenon created by San Fran group REBAR a few years back. It was evidently a success around the world via blog posts, and from the few examples I saw around Portland, it was evident that there was a lot of interest and support… It’s…
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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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Bag-riculture Urban Style
Pardon the bad pun, but a bunch of posts that deal with urban agriculture using a variety of containers motivated me to post on the selection and phenomenon. Gardens are one of those things that require some sort of container in which to hold soils, plants, and allow for growth. Typically this container is our…
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Reading List: The Vertical Garden
The time has come. The fine folks at publisher WW Norton were nice enough to send me a review copy of The Vertical Garden: From Nature to The City, by Patrick Blanc about a month ago, and I’ve finally finished it off – at least for the most part. Suffice it to say – and…
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Hundertwasser
The Austrian Artist Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser is not a household name in either architecture, art, or landscape – but his contributions to all of these disciplines – and dare I say a unique brand of Vegitecture – is worth a look. L+U had a previous post that showed one of his most known works…
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Carabanchel, Oliver, Hanamidori
These are some of those Veg.itectural projects that deserve a bit of their own space. I was struck by the similarities between the projects as well as to some of the stellar precedents and really wanted to showcase some of the beauty of these vegetated rooftops on their own. 1. CarabanchelNamed after a neighborhood in…
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This says it all…
Via arcady: playscapes: swissmiss: wireandtwine. Buy a T_shirt to Support the Children and Nature Network… or better yet… go outside and play 🙂 :: image via playscapes
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Neo-Vertical Greening
As a companion to Veg.itecture #38 – a bevy of green wall projects in a number of phases… that are definitely worth a look. First, via Dwell – always good for a hot pic and aimless commentary (look for the, ‘wouldn’t it be great if we could be all sustainable and stuff and not water…