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Lighthouse Stadium is a Glowing Green-Roofed Beacon

Lighthouse Stadium is a Glowing Green-Roofed Beacon

In the city of Belfort, France a new green-roofed stadium has arisen on top of the centuries-old fortification of a defensive wall. The glass-shrouded green-roofed sports complex stands in smart contrast

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Park-side Eco Kindergarten Features a Glowing Façade

Park-side Eco Kindergarten Features a Glowing Façade

The Nursery in the Park is a sensitively-designed and placed building in the heart of an old park in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. Santiago Carroquino Arquitectos focused on creating a preschool with

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Green-Roofed Long Cove House Melds Form and Function

Green-Roofed Long Cove House Melds Form and Function

The bitterly cold Atlantic winds have met their match with in this well-insulated green roofed home in Nova Scotia. The project’s southern orientation give the house a big bump up in efficiency, and

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Largest Green Wall in North America to be Unveiled Tomorrow!

Largest Green Wall in North America to be Unveiled Tomorrow!

Longwood Gardens is set to unveil North America’s largest green wall installation tomorrow! The extraordinary vegetated wall is installed at the historic garden’s new East Conservatory Plaza. The

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Bus Roots: Green Roofed Bus is a Garden That Goes

Bus Roots: Green Roofed Bus is a Garden That Goes

Fans of the WHO Farm Project and other crazy green bus projects will enjoy Bus Roots, a green roof system designed for buses by Marco Castro Cosio. Ethereally speaking, it grounds the urban, metallic

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Announces Green Roof Initiative

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Announces Green Roof Initiative

New York City‘s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is about to add a whole lot of greenery to the concrete jungle. He just announced a campaign to install green roofs, sidewalks and porous parking lots in

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WWF Completes Third Largest Green Roof in Washington D.C.

WWF Completes Third Largest Green Roof in Washington D.C.

The recently finished green roof atop the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) headquarters in Washington, D.C. is the third largest in the nation’s capitol. The project involved replacing the original 24 year-old

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Fantastic Xylophone Bicycle Bridge Plays Music As You Ride

Fantastic Xylophone Bicycle Bridge Plays Music As You Ride

One of the best ways to encourage positive behavior is to make it fun — which is why this amazing musical bicycle bridge by Yeon Jae Won + Soo Jeong Heo really struck a chord with us. An entry in

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Town Eyesore Turned Beautiful Green Terraced Building

Town Eyesore Turned Beautiful Green Terraced Building

Bob Shervin, the owner of a gas station and tire store adjacent to an unsightly metal structure in Jackson, Wyoming, wanted to create an environmentally-friendly, aesthetically-pleasing building that also

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BIG’s 8 Tallet Grabs the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award

BIG’s 8 Tallet Grabs the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award

We recently showcased BIG’s 8 Tallet mixed use project in Copenhagen and were wowed by its energy-efficient design, so we were excited to hear that it just received the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof

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