Green Roofs: Style + Sustainable = 17 Sweet Designs

Posted by Urbanist in Architecture, Pictures, Science & Tech on March 18, 2009 at 5:31 pm


Green roofs have become about more than just sustainable architecture – they have become new, long-unused canvasses for artistic expression and creative design.

This collection of green roof designs shows the possibilities of not only environmental architecture but of making something beautiful out of one of the most ubiquitous bare surfaces in the world – the roof – as we move into the future of sustainable design.

We’ve always thought we had roofs covered. They had to be barren, hostile places the rain and the wildlife slid from before they could do any damage. Nature had no place on our roofs. Except…we couldn’t have been more wrong. A green roof may required a little extra engineering behind the scenes, but it’s far better than its non-living counterparts for regulating house temperature, filtering out pollutants, scrubbing the surrounding air, controlling stormwater run-off, absorbing sound and many more factors that impact our quality of life. A green roof is a healthy roof.

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13 comments to "Green Roofs: Style + Sustainable = 17 Sweet Designs"

  1. Johnny Cat
    March 18th, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    "No, I can't go golfing with you guys today. Gotta mow the roof."

  2. Ola Amigo
    March 18th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    They look awesome. If they have an environmental benefit too all the better.

  3. anotherguy
    March 18th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    On the other hand, you can play golf right on top of your own house!

  4. tomtom
    March 18th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Why is it green 'roofs' and not 'rooves'?!? Is author have a grammar trouble?

    Great post though. I wish houses could be more easily retrofitted and I wonder if you can still harvest rain water from these rooves?

  5. Dani
    March 18th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    We went to the SF museum one... Unfortunately, it was pretty unimpressive because all we saw were weeds... lol. But even with flowers, it didn't look as awesome as the photos.

  6. Green Roofer
    March 18th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    When did you see the CAS roof?
    In winter it is pretty boring. Those 'weeds' are actually area natives. One of them is a native strawberry!

  7. Christophe
    March 18th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    Some of them look like Bilbo's house. Is Bilbo an ecofreak?

  8. Zo
    March 18th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    Waldspirale looks like it comes out of the Dr. Seuss books.

  9. Polx
    March 19th, 2009 at 4:23 am

    Odd that the Parliament House Canberra Australia was not included.

    The best thing about it is that there are windows on the roof where the people can look down on the politicians.

    Symbolism is intentional if a little heavy handed.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Parliament_House%2C _Canberra.jpg

  10. Polx
    March 19th, 2009 at 6:45 am

    Should probably have added some detials to that.

    Australia's Parliament is shallowly angled, and turfed over, the public can take a walk over the building to look down in on their elected officials.

  11. Mouserz
    March 19th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    Has anyone made a teletubby joke yet?

  12. Avarana
    March 19th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Nice hobbitses!

  13. phonono
    March 19th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    There is no such thing as "weeds". What is not "useful" to man is not "useless".
    I dunno why one would want to mow a roof, let alone a lawn. What a waste of energy =D
    Like golfing...


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