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Since rooftops have been the most ignored element of many buildings, Brooklyn architects Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu have expertly designed a rooftop landscape to showcase green roof technologies on an industrial building in Queens, New York. A...

The role of a roof is to protect a building and its occupants as well as its contents from the effects of weather. To expand on these basic functions, EcoStar has come up with a line of roof tiles that not only protects us and our belongings but also...

From tiny bottle gardens, to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, plant lovers have gone to great extent to cultivate their favorite plants. If you are a gardening enthusiast but don’t have the space to grow plants, try the rooftop. A green roof refers..

What better place could there be for the placing of solar panels than the roof, after all it is the place where most solar panels are placed anyhow, but instead of having a huge solar panel system fixed to the roof, this new system has actually built the.

Located at the junction of Nanyang Ave and Nanyang Drive, the new iconic School of Art, Design and Media is situated in a wooded valley right in the heart of the campus. The highlight of the building is the verdant turfed roof which blends with..

Say goodbye to heavy and archaic roofing with ArmorLite roofing solutions. Not only is ArmorLite eco-friendly it is available in a variety of patterns and colors and can even mimic slate or wood, and if need be it can also be custom designed into...

Turf roofs are good sound and temperature insulators. In hot weather, the turf layer keeps the rooms cool. Turf roof is a main attraction at San Francisco's new Academy of Sciences, arguably the greenest museum in the world. The museum consists of...

Here is Santa Clara County's first large-scale attempt at a green-building "vegetated roof." You can also call it a living roof complete with soil and plants that absorb storm water. Silicon Valley, the world's technology capital's first newfangled...