Category: vegitecture
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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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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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Veg.itecture #38
Time again for a compilation of the best Vegetated Architecture floating about in the ether. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve posted anything, so there is a fair amount in the hopper – so onward. One from McDonough + Partners – the Isola Office building in Milan, Italy. The design, via Inhabitat, has…
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Veg.itecture #37
About time to purge the bursting folders of Vegetated Architecture projects that have been zooming through the blogosphere lately. As well a few resources, include this [cringe] DIY Guide to Green and Living Roofs as well as good overview post on the ‘Arbortectural’ via Design Under Sky. Overall, a wide range of types and scales…
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Veg.itecture #36
Vegetated Architecture for the week… First a link, via I (heart) Public Space – check out a tour of South Bronx green roof projects – with some interesting examples of rooftop vegetation if you are in the vicinity. Not on the tour, but in the area, is the fantastic, this one has been shown before,…
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Veg.itecture #35
Sunday seems to be a prime time for summarizing the weeks Veg.itectural creations… as an aside, I had the opportunity to make a presentationon Veg.itecture to a diverse group of participants as part of the Summer Sustainability Series, which was a great success the past week… and it’s true – people respond to the concept…
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Veg.itecture #34
Time for another installment… a good amount of new projects, both interior and exterior vegetation. The first, shown a while back in Veg.itecture #31 has gotten a lot of press of late (and some new images) – under the moniker Xeritown. Sounds kind of dry…? :: images via Xeritown A little bit of greenery atop…
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Veg.itecture #33
Clearing the files of backed up projects (to make way for the new, of course)… a brief, in text, and long, in photos, version of Veg.itecture… it’s definitely got variety, although you can see the disparity between built and representative projects… A colorful green roof atop ECOSpace, in Dunfermline, United Kingdom, by RMJM (now about…