vleto submitted:
Al-Azhar Park
Cairo, Egypt
Beautiful! I’ve not seen this park before
Porsche’s New U.S. Headquarters and Customer Experience Center by HOK
This can be a smarter move than covering your roof in solar panels. The startup cost is less (more and more state & local government are expiring their solar panel subsidies), and the heating / cooling savings are quite significant.
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jessijoy submitted:
Art on Track
I would ride transit much more if it were like this
Ooh, I want this to be my house. It’s so inviting, and the porch’s green roof provides a cool environment in the summer!
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highviewcreations submitted:
Little corner building agricultural plot. cool reclaimed planters!
This building would be great to be in on a hot summer day. Nature’s air conditioning!
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Urban Forestry
I know there’s some skepticism that trees would be able to handle the wind and temperature extremes of the high-rise environment, making visions like this nothing more than pipe-dreams. I’m no arborist, but I’m sure there are a lot of extreme environments on earth where we can could some robust species. I’m still hopeful our skyscrapers will all look like this someday.
Not only would they clean the air, they make great environments for high-rise dwellers & workers, reducing elevator congestion at lunchtime.
(Source: b3-nice, via edificecomplex)
Copenhagen. This is some great city planning right here
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Modern Architecture (by svenwerk)
Berlin, Germany
kiyo:
174 GRAND, BROOKLYN NEW YORKThe green roof has approximately eight inches of soil and absorbs rainwater runoff. (via Peek Inside 8 Of The World’s Greenest Homes )
The rainwater runoff is one of the biggest benefits of green roofs; the soil filters and cleans the water, leaving less for the city’s water treatment plants to have to deal with
Flowering rosemary #urbanfarm #roof #Brooklyn
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Cigler-Marani Architects
Prague, Czech Republic
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Interesting bathroom…
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