(IF New York had lots of green roofs. NOT one of the photos from the link)
From the English Edition of National Geographic magazine, some nice photos of green roofs. Lots of variety.
Plants/grass are required on on new flat roofs in Basel, Switzerland. “If we steal the ground for a building,” says International Green Roof Association director Wolfgang Ansel, “we can give it back to nature on the roof.”
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October 9, 2009 at 12:07 am
Idea 8 [Vertical Gardens] « Ping's digital sketchbook
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October 13, 2009 at 7:29 am
Idea 8 [Vertical Gardens] « HELLO.
[...] Plants/grass are required on on new flat roofs in Basel, Switzerland. “If we steal the ground for a building,” says International Green Roof Association director Wolfgang Ansel, “we can give it back to nature on the roof.” [more...] [...]
October 14, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Maria
very nice photos! i think green roofs are a very innovative technology to improve cities healt! i’ve recently visited the site http://www.greenroofs.gr and i find it very informative about green roofs!!!