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Natural Home Show House Is Complete!

Since 2007 Natural Home has been working on converting a Brooklyn located dilapidated multi-use building into a stunning green example of building. They planned on completing the work within the yea...

Budget Shortcuts For Planting Green Roof on Townhouse?
Good Question

We're sharing questions & answers from the industry pros at the USGBC's Green Home Guide! Are there any cost-cutting shortcuts for planting a green roof on my urban townhouse? My urban townhouse ...

Before & After: Barren Terrace Becomes Green Sanctuary
New York Magazine

Christopher and Christine Cornell's 200-square foot terrace looked like this before they hired Douglas Fanning (a green builder and furniture designer) to breathe some new life into it. They had just ...

LiveRoof Modular Green Roof System

LiveRoof, as seen at this year's West Coast Green, is the first invisible modular green roof system. We're thinking this product would be great for not only homes, but that garden shed you have plan...

What Are Some Potential Green Roof Problems?
Good Question

Q: We have an unusually large terrace. We're hoping to grow grass on a nine foot by twenty foot section of it. We think it would be a great place for our son to play, but we're worried about roots p...

Green with Bling
Los Angeles Times slideshow

We're usually pretty skeptical of large, bling-y "green" houses. How green are they really? And isn't it greener to live in a small, simple, efficient house? We don't know, but Tom Schey's gorgeous Ve...

Convert: New York Green Roofs

click thumbnails for larger pics Tina at SwissMiss posted one of her latest design projects today: Convert — a site and identity for a New York company that creates Green Roofs. The beautiful n...

Nolita Penthouse & Rooftop Garden
New York Magazine 10.12.08

Chris and Lisa Goode’s Nolita penthouse is featured in this week's New York Magazine. Featured on the cover of the annual Home Design issue, the modern home overlooks the rooftops of the neighborh...

Bio Tray Module for Green Roofs

The new California Academy of Sciences is an incredibly innovative green building. The green roof was created by a leading landscape consulting firm, which developed a biodegradable module system int...

Rooftop Gardens

We love the new trend of "greening" one's roof by replacing shingles and tar with vegetation. Think of how much extra space has been added to this building in San Francisco's Embarcadero just by utili...

How to Start a Green Roof Garden

Garden-lovers without backyards, go vertical! Such is the cry of a Park Slope resident who recently showed a crowd of New Yorkers (including yours truly) how to start a green roof garden. Since star...

How Do Green Roofs Work?
Blogging Scientific American

Ever wondered what's underneath green roofs, and why they are catching on so quickly? A short article over at Scientific American helps explain it all. "On a sunny, 80-degree-Fahrenheit day, a tar o...

Greenrrroof

We’re in love with these green roof pet shelters. We know a doghouse with a green roof is not going to stop global warming, but these fall in the realm of art, and they’re meant to get people tal...