architecture design: Veg.itecture #36

Monday, August 4, 2008

Veg.itecture #36

Vegetated Architecture for the week... First a link, via I (heart) Public Space - check out a tour of South Bronx green roof projects - with some interesting examples of rooftop vegetation if you are in the vicinity. Not on the tour, but in the area, is the fantastic, this one has been shown before, but worth another look - the headquarters for Diane von Furstenberg Studio by Public Farm 1 darlings Work AC ... this one is really nice...

:: images via Dezeen

Via Dwell, the first LEED-Gold planned commerical building in San Francisco - with a dual pv/green roof... by Matarozzi/Pelsinger Builders.

:: image via Dwell

Via Jetson Green, the very vegetated: (and significantly softer rendering of the) "...Zero Energy Idea House located at Bass Cove near Bellevue, Washington."

:: image via Jetson Green

Via BDonline, some roof terrace amidst the glass in a Glasgow development...

:: image via BDonline

And a very green earth-sheltered ZedFactory house in Bath, UK by Bill Dunster - via BDonline... an interesting quote on this net-positive house, from homeowner Andrew Mercer: “If we aren’t off-grid within 12 months, the council will ask us to pull the house down, which shows how committed we are.”