Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne will host half-day seminars about green roofs and green walls as a potent way to address the challenge of climate change.
Featuring Germany’s Professor Manfred Köhler, the seminars will be held during the last week of February and the first week of March. They will draw upon 30 years’ knowledge and [...]
Archive for January, 2008
31 Jan
Green roofs & walls against climate change: Australian lecture series
14 Jan
New York district sets example
The three greenest residential towers in the US, each with solar energy, recycled water and a green roof, are in the same district of New York, reports the Daily News. Treehugger also reports that this area of New York is leading the country in green roofs:
Battery Park City is a neighborhood in New York City, [...]
5 Jan
Fukuoka building leaves green footprint
Above: ACROS Fukuoka building, Japan, via Metaefficient website.
One of the world’s most inspiring green roofs is the ACROS Fukuoka building in Fukuoka City, Japan. It houses offices, retail space, a 2,000 seat theatre and a museum.
Designed by Emilio Ambasz & Associates, it was built on the last available green space in the city. The design [...]
4 Jan
Green roofs can take root on almost any structure
This US video explains the benefits of green roofs in a nutshell.
Architects are now thinking beyond retail and residential buildings for their green roofs:
Above: The Hundertwasser toilet block, photo kindly provided by Karl Wooton, New Zealand. Below: Another Hundertwasser creation in Vienna Photo via Utrecht School of Art & Design.
And [...]
3 Jan
Australia’s forgotten facades are sprouting green
by GEOFF WILSON
My prediction is that 2008 will see Australia’s large-scale emergence of a host of green roofs and green walls.
Probably the city to watch closely is my own home town, Brisbane, where some outstanding green roof projects are now being planned, or already have approval.
Sydney now has made a number of good green roof [...]
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