Enormous Green Roof Planned For Italian Train Station

The master plan for the Baricentrale railway area would cover nearly 8.4 million square feet. Image via Jordi Henrich I Monràs.

Adding a twist to the adaptive reuse trend of turning old railroad tracks into parks, architects in Bari, Italy, want to do the same for a rail line that's still in operation. Read more →

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Milwaukee Office Building Fulfills Its Healing Mission

Built on a brownfield site, Milwaukee's Clock Shadow Building has been built to Living Building Challenge standards. Image via Continuum Architects + Planners.

The Clock Shadow Building, constructed on a vacant brownfield site, now uses sustainable methods to reduce its carbon footprint and promote wellness of both mind and body. Read more →

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Green Roofs As A Haven For Native Plants

Rooftop Grassland at Nueva School

Green roofs have been touted as a means of saving energy, improving water management and expanding natural space within urban environments, but can they also help save native plants? Read more →

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EuropaCity Design Puts It All Under One Roof

The Europacity is basically and entire town with a green roof. Image via BIG Architects.

Part spaceship, part Bond villain’s lair, the winning design for France’s EuropaCity is a green-roofed underground city of sustainable fantasy. Can it come true? Read more →

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Former Mexico City Helipad Turned Into Green Roof

Former office tower helipad xeriscaped as a new green roof in Mexico City. Image via Rojkind Arquitectos.

Rather than let its unused helipad sit idle, Coca-Cola's Mexico City subsidiary converted it into a green roof and a reconditioned co-working office space. Read more →

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Running Track Acts As Green Roof For China School

The winning proposal for China's ChiCheng Second Primary School calls for a rooftop natural grass running track. Image via LYCS Architecture.

A proposed primary school in Tiantai County, China, includes a clever rooftop natural-grass track that can reduce its carbon footprint while improving the health of its young students. Read more →

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HOK Breaks Ground On Istanbul Finance Center

The master plan for HOK's 170-acre International Finance Center in Istanbul. Image via HOK.

Excavation has begun on a 170-acre financial center in Istanbul that promises to include several sustainable features, such as green roofs, renewable energy and new mass transit. Read more →

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Dutch Aquatic Center Pushes Green Wall Envelope

Somewhere behind the mass of plants is an actual fitness facility. Image via VenhoevenCS.

With nearly every square inch covered in live vegetation, Amsterdam’s SportsPlaza Mercator complex takes the green roof/green wall trend to its logical extreme. Read more →

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Stockholm Traffic To Be Managed Under Green Roof

The planned Park 1 building in Stockholm. Image via White Arkitectur.

Stockholm's sustainable new traffic and emergency center will include a green roof to absorb stormwater, add insulation, provide solar energy and reduce the heat island effect. Read more →

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Sustainable Urban Living In Olympic Proportions

With subtle gold, silver and bronze tints, the Square 3 towers echo their Olympic Training Facility neighbors. Image via Moritz Gruppe.

A planned mixed-use high-rise in Berlin mimics the look of an Olympic medals podium and integrates its green spaces with adjacent athletic fields and urban nature reserves. Read more →

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