The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Architect Taketo Shimohigoshi (http://www.aae.jp/) has overcome the challenge of finding green space among dense, urban skylines with an elevated installation of vegetation. His design concept frames the city sky with slices of moss-covered beams, which define and connect the cityscape in a greener perspective.  His vision has earned him a 2007 AR Award for Emerging [...]

The United Kingdom’s Energy Secretary John Hutton unveiled a set of proposals to encourage the uptake of offshore wind turbines in England.  The proposals call for the offshore wind industry to provide up to 33 gigawatts of energy by 2020, enough to power every home in Britain! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3022277.ece

Green architecture seems to have taken the world by storm, and not a week goes by without a number of buildings making bold claims as to what their green credentials are. Not wanting to be left out of the global race to have the greenest building ever, seven local non-profit groups have revealed the design [...]

Succulents are known to thrive on low profile roofscapes with minimal water, low fertility mediums, high heat and windy conditions. But they can also survive on rooftops at below freezing temperatures, reports the New York Times. Sedums and other hardy succulents can survive winter temperatures of 10, 20, even 30 degrees below zero. They are [...]

London may soon be a city of ‘Living Roofs’ if the findings of a research study are adopted as part of the Mayor’s London Plan. The Mayor’s architectural adviser Richard Rogers (http://www.richardrogers.co.uk) began to argue the case for Living Roofs in 2003, but this has been given new support in a report commissioned by Design [...]