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Mingo Design Reclaims Ugly Downtown Manhattan Roofscapes
Tribeca rooftop Kari Elwell Katzander, the owner and principal designer of a novel landscaping company in New York City is on a mission. Her company, Mingo design creates a new kind of vertical urban Manhattan landscape, by integrating Green Roof technology and Living walls. Same space: Before “I think of Manhattan rooftops as underdeveloped real-estate. […]
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Like Hillocks, Lush Green Roofs Arch Over UK Housing Development
The Birchway Eco-Community, London’s new infill development by Paradigm Housing, comprising five green buildings containing a total of 24 small affordable apartments (or flats as they call them over there), was built to meet the Code of Sustainable Homes. This rating system, in place since 2007, is the British equivalent of the EnergyStar ratings that […]
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California Earthsheltered Home Nestles Into Marin Hillside
Dug deep into a steep hill lot in Mill Valley, a very green home for two generations is cleverly designed to maintain harmony with the natural world and allocate privacy and connection to an extended family that shares a deep love of the peace and tranquility of California’s eternal summers.