© Patrick Bingham Hall

Five amazing green roof projects from earlier this year. Check them all after the break.

Sky Garden House / Guz Architects
This house is located on a new housing estate on the island of Sentosa adjacent to Singapore. The plots are not large and neighbouring buildings are built close to the sides of each house. Thus our strategy was to build a solid wall to each side neighbor to provide privacy where possible, while creating a central light and stair well which would funnel the sea breeze through the centre of the building (read more…) read more »

© Pablo Cruz

Architects: Alarcón + Asociados / Alberto Alarcón
Location: León, Spain
Collaborators: Sara Rojo, Carlos Tomás, Clara García, Heloise
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 310 sqm
Photographs: Pablo Cruz, Alberto Alarcón

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© Byun, Jong Suk

Architects: Architecture of Novel Differentiation (AND)
Location: Gyeonggido, Korea
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 199 sqm
Photographs: Byun, Jong Suk

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© Thomas Jorion

Architects: archi5 with B. Huidobro
Location: Sotteville lès Rouen, France
Project Year: 2011
Acoustic Engineer: ABC Décibel Steel
Steel Structure Contractor: Constructions métalliques Charondière
Main Contractor: Millery Colas
Project Area: 12,764 sqm
Photographs: Thomas Jorion

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© Iishii Toshihisa

Architects: Ciel Rouge
Location: Japan
Project area: 1800 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Iishii Toshihisa

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© estudioSIC

Architects: estudioSIC – Esaú Acosta, Mauro Gil-Fournier, Miguel jaenicke, estudiosic
Location: Leon, Spain
Collaborators: Alfredo Borgui, Nieves Valle, Albert Pérez
Co-authors: Pedro Colón, Raquel Buj
Project Team: Take Away Media, Jorge Pellitero
Project area: 1,450 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: estudioSIC, Esaú Acosta

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© Louis Porter

St. Patrick’s today, and it’s all about green! So for today’s Round Up, we have our sixth selection of previously featured green roofs! Check them all after the break.

Welham Studios / Mark Merer
Welham Studios started with the study of placement, watching objects in clay and sand creating shapes through the interaction of the wind and rain. The work is looking for a union of object and environment (read more…) read more »

© Patrick Bingham Hall

Architects: Guz Architects
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Project area: 1,505 sqm
Project year: 2006-2009
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall

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© Patrick Bingham Hall

Architects: Guz Architects – Guz Wilkinson
Project architects: Caroline Witzke, Szymon Goździkowski
Location: Sentosa Island, Singapore
Project area: 852 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Patrick Bingham Hall

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© Adrià Goula

Architects: b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos
Location: Lloret de Mar, Spain
Competition Team: Fermín Vázquez, Sebastián Khourian, Juan Pablo Porta, Markus Jacoby, Paulo Moreira
Project Team: Fermín Vázquez, Peco Mulet, Sebastián Khourian, Juan Pablo Porta, Andrés Gorini, Nicolás Perfumo, Leonardo Novelo, Giusy Ottonelly, Valeria Merola, Ana Vicente-Arche, Paulo Moreira, Zelia Alvés, Carles Martínez-Almoyna, Laura Marticorena
Interiors: David Pablo, Zelia Alvés, Gaëlle Lauxerrois, Anaïs Blanc, Sandra Palou, Diana Singla
Digital Model: Oriol Roig, Magdalena Ostornol, Iván Arellano
Model: Miquel Lluch, Omar Vejar and Ángel Gaspar
Client: Gran Casino Costa Brava, S.L.
Contractor: Proinosa
Structure: BOMA
Services: JG Asociados
Rigger: Técnics G3
Lighting Consultor: Artec3
Landscape: Arquitectura Agronomía
Project Area: 31,123.38 sqm
Project Year: 2007–2010
Photographs: Adriá Goula

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© Courtesy of McGlashan Architecture

Two houses, two schools and one tennis club. All of the with amazing eco-friendly green roofs. Check them all after the break.

Mill Valley Hillside / McGlashan Architecture
The Mill Valley Hillside project is a residence for three generations, in two separate dwellings, under one green roof. It brings the grandparents closer to their children and grandchildren, yet carves out spaces tailored to each generation. Upstairs is formal, quiet and dramatic (read more…) read more »

© Enta Yang

Enta Yang shared with us the photographs he took of the Hsiangshan Visitor Center by Japan architect Norihiko Dan in Taiwan, winner project from the Sun Moon Lake Tourist Route International competition, featuring a really nice concrete work and a green roof cover to keep under control internal temperatures.

Take a look at the complete photoset after the break.

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© Juliusz Sokolowski

Architects: Jojko+Nawrocki Architekci
Location: Rybnik, Poland
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Juliusz Sokolowski

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© Hannes Henz

Architects: Bonnard Woeffray Architectes
Location: Bovernier, Switzerland
Collaborator: Nuno Ferreira
Client: Commune de Bovernier
Project Area: 1,630 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: Hannes Henz

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Courtesy of Laurent Jannet

Architects: Arcad’26
Location: Saint Germain Du Bois, Burgundy, France
Project Architect: Laurent Jannet
Project Area: 774 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Laurent Jannet

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Courtesy of Freeform + Deform

Freeform + Deform, a creative collective from New York, shared with us their project ‘First Principle: Earth as Material”, presented at the Input_Output: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments symposium hosted by Temple University. More images and architect’s description after the break. read more »

© Aitor Ortiz

A lot of amazing projects are designed now with green roofs. And for our 5th selection, we even have a Building of the Year 2009 by ACXT. Check them all after the break.

BTEK – Technology Interpretation Center / ACXT
BTEK is an interpretation centre for new technologies, aimed at student visitors. The site’s location, on one of the highest points of the Vizcaya Technology Park and close to the Bilbao airport’s flight path for takeoffs and landings, helps with the aim of making the building a landmark in its landscape (read more…) read more »

© Courtesy of Ignatov Architects

Architects: Ignatov Architects
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Client: George Bonin
Project Area: 780 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Ignatov Architects

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© Louis Porter

Designer: Mark Merer
Location: Welham, Somerton, Somerset, England
Consultant Architect: Art Peterson
Engineering: John Beverage
Budget: £350,000
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Louis Porter

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© Alessandra Bello

Architects: C+S Associati / Carlo Cappai, Maria Alessandra Segantini
Location: Ponzano Veneto, Italy
Project Team: F&M Ingegneria spa (structures, MEP, survey, work supervision, building security), Lorenzo Vittori (sustainabilty)
Project Area: 4,100 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Alessandra Bello, Pietro Savorelli & C+S Associati

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