Tag: landscape

  • Modern Seaweed House Revives Tradition of Seaweed-Thatched Roofs

    Designed by Danish architect Tegnestuen Vandkunsten for client Realdania Byg, The Modern Seaweed House features the use of seaweed in thatch-like layers on the roof in a manner that has become a disappearing tradition on the Danish island of Læsø, where only twenty such historical houses remain. The benefits of seaweed cladding include thermal and…

  • SOAK in a Pop-Up Spa Repurposed from Reclaimed Shipping Containers

    San Francisco startup, SOAK, inspired by Amsterdam saunas and dubbed, “an urban bathhouse for healthy hedonists,” has turned shipping containers into a spa that can be transported to any urban location. Taking measures to “minimize its hedonistic impact,” the spa can operate entirely off the grid or return excess power to the grid. It bears…

  • Xero Flor America Green Roof Named in GreenRoofs.com Project of the Week

    GreenRoofs.com, a website that regularly posts information about new construction and renovation projects that include a green roof or rooftop garden, has featured in their Project of the Week the renovation of the headquarters of Xero Flor America (XFA), the official and exclusive U.S. distributor for the Xero Flor Green Roof System. A year ago,…

  • Green Roof on Children’s Hospital Contributes to LEED Potential

    Three green roofs can be seen from many of the patients’ rooms at the new Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital that was dedicated last November. A 6,000 square foot terrace green roof, with a deck that is accessible only to patients and families, utilizes the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System, a modular green roof system.…

  • Mosstika’s Edina Tokodi Invades NYC with Living Green Enviro-Graffiti

    New York City-based artist collective, Mosstika, has been utilizing their guerilla tactics in an effort to “evoke the call of man back to nature.” Believing that our relationships to territories would be more balanced if we all had our own gardens, Mosstika artists bring together nature and art in the creation of touchable, living art…