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Veg.itecture: Photo Gallery 2
After spending a solid 12 hour day up and back to Seattle, I’m ready for a quick and easy post. Following up on my recent combing through of the backlog of Inhabitat links, which unearthed a bevy of great stuff related to Vegetated Architecture and more, with more to come. This reminded me that a…
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Sharp & Diamond: Veg.itect
In a twist of singling out architects in the Vegetated Architecture realm, a profile of a landscape architecture firm that is pioneering the use of vertical greening techniques. The Vancouver firm Sharp & Diamond have been developing a number of North American examples, which is in dire need of good examples. I’ve been familiar with…
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Inhabitat: Green the Tower
For those who have not had the opportunity to visit the site Inhabitat – do so immediately. I have to remember to check it periodically to see what’s new, as it had been until recently devoid of RSS feed (and one million thank you’s for that finally). Due to my lax visitation, I often am…
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The High Road, Pt. II – NYCs High Line
A previous post revealed a significant precedent to elevated linear green spaces, and the growing number of projects that are underway around the globe. Looking at these remnants of abandoned infrastructure – not to deconstruct and start over, but as a way to retain some cultural history while modernizing to current needs – is an…
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Veg.itecture: World Tour
Vegetated Architecture seems to be a world-wide phenomenon… although there are slow-growing pools of recent US examples, the trend has evolved outside of the states as a significant part of the architectural vocabulary. A number of recent projects and terms (i.e. cybertecture) underscore this point and highlight the unprecedented customization and access to information we…
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Representing: Greening Buildings
The methods of representing vegetation on buildings is of vital importance to the acceptance and further expansion of the concept. I’d dare posit that it’s also a strategy to create excitement as well as enough realism where this doesn’t lead to disappointment when the project is build. In this vein, some representation of projects –…
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Stormwater to the Streets
A short while back I was surprised to see in one of my favorite blogs, Pruned, an article entitled: ‘Hyperlocalizing Hydrology in the Post-Industrial Urban Landscape’. For most, is just a hyperbolic hydrologic way of saying, look, green streets! The profile focusses on the award-winning work of Portland’s own Kevin Robert Perry, currently employed at…
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Past Forward: Mannahatta
I may have mentioned my love of historic urban maps. If not, then I will plead guilty here, and offer up Strange Maps as a vital modern contribution to our historical heritage, and let slip fact that I’ve read most of the written works of Mark Monmonier. As objects, maps are fascinating artifacts. Even more…
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Architects Plus
The current issue of Architectural Record includes a great article on the continual blurring of the line between landscape and architecture as well as illuminating the new collaborative model of design involved in vegetated architecture. :: image via Inhabitat One project that was highlighted was the California Academy of Sciences Building by Renzo Piano, and…
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Urban Ag: Mass Planting
A February post on Urban Agriculture prompted some great comments and unlocked a few resources previously unknown to me. One included the Urban Farm mapping project Dott07. As posted by David Barrie, the project is “…a map of an ‘edible’ town in the North of England.” :: image via David Barrie Via David Barrie: “The…