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189 results for green roofs

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Power plant

17 June 2007

Yes, they can look pretty, but Diana Balmori’s landscaping projects can also change cities, make people happier and healthier and battle climate change. A pioneer of the green roofs movement, she helped build New York’s…

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Green rooms

12 April 2017

Although rather unremarkable at first glance, the small pitch-roofed former park-keeper’s houses that pepper Vancouver’s public spaces are among some of the most quietly recognisable features of the city’s park system.…

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Green machine

17 September 2012

Most restaurants boast of using only fresh ingredients but they don’t come much fresher than at De Kas.

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Green rooms

20 January 2011

Sauerbruch Hutton was one of the first architecture firms to promote the value of sustainable building. Now it’s in demand across Europe, expanding into furniture and pushing developers to think bigger.

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Barn again

14 May 2015

Living in a humble rural structure needn’t be rustic, as this modern New Zealand interpretation proves.

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Doctor feelgood

20 June 2019

Roof gardens, natural light, green space – how three health centres are tackling modern healthcare challenges.

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Business

17 March 2008

The coffee shop favoured by US troops, Dubai's building bottleneck, and mobile firms reveal their new organic deli.

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Asia

17 June 2011

We report on an urban farming project at Osaka train station, the first verticle farm in Singapore and the sad fate of Cambodia's colonial and "new Khmer" buildings.

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Curated community

17 June 2008

Last year we engineered the perfect neighbourhood and received praise from the World Health Organisation for putting small business at the core of our high street. This year, we’ve come up with a better borough.

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Business

17 May 2012

Roof farming in Hawaii, mink farming in Denmark, coffee currency in the US and shopping addiction in Lebanon.

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Air time

17 June 2009

Cities are combating urban sprawl by adding another layer – on their roofs. We profile the best projects, from sky-high soccer pitches to cinemas.

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Cities

15 November 2018

Oslo’s governing mayor on how to green a city, a Mexican city gets a rebrand, car-sharing in Slovenia and Berlin’s rooftops are blooming.

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Americas

17 June 2009

Mexico City's taxi fleet plans to go green, all change at Chattanooga, and how Twitter is helping track the spread of illness through cities.

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Park life

20 June 2018

City dwellers are turning to the pleasures of the natural world as an antidote to urban stress. We uncover the green shoots of renewal in Paris, Munich and Beirut.

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Youthful exuberance

17 August 2017

Pushchair company Joolz has embraced an office design that resonates with its green credentials, giving its staff space to breathe – and its plants room to grow.

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Up the wall

17 September 2009

There are several striking elements to the new Marunouchi Park Building in Tokyo, from its soaring office tower to the perfect replica of a 19th-century red brick building. But the most intriguing of all is its garden,…

189 results for green roofs

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