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Archive for the ‘GREEN ROOFS’ Category

A WALK THROUGH VIA VERDE

Posted in CITIES, FOOD, GREEN ROOFS on November 12, 2012 | 3 Comments »

You may have seen our feature article on Via Verde, a housing development in the South Bronx, in our November issue. The writer Alex Ulam took the videographer Doug Forbes out to walk the site with the project’s landscape architect, Lee Weintraub, FASLA, and captured the tour.

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GREEN ROOFS ON TOP

Posted in AWARDS, GREEN ROOFS on October 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Courtesy Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc.

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) presented their Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence at a ceremony in Chicago on Friday. Among the winners was this quilt-like green roof at the Chicago Botanic Garden by Oehme, van Sweden & Associates. The roof, which is being used for research purposes, has 300 different plant taxa in varying depths of soil. GRHC has images of all the award winners on their website, along with details on the design of each roof.

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