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2018 Top 10 Hot List Category #4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services: Blending Biophilia Seamlessly with the User Experience

on November 23, 2018 at 2:01 am under , , , ,

Top 10 Hot List, 10 Categories, 10 Week Countdown

Take a look at installation number seven in my 10-part series counting down our yearly “Greenroofs.com Top 10 List of Hot Trends in Greenroof & Greenwall Design” by category.

We inaugurated the “Top 10 Hot List” in 2007, and 2018 is packed with some very cool, awesome, and stunning projects located across six continents.

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

I presented my fast-paced and always fun whirlwind tour across the world of living architecture in New York in September at the 2018 CitiesAlive conference.  In order to try and keep to my 30-minute maximum presentation time, I removed several projects and slides, but I’m going to show them all here in this series.

Are you ready to be dazzled and inspired by some of the latest and greatest living architecture projects from across the global greenroof and greenwall industry?

I’ve already shown #10, 9, 8, 7, 6 & 5 – here’s the next one:

2018 Top 10 Hot List Category #4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

Ecosystem services offer so many practical benefits, and relating design back to nature nurtures us all!

National Wildlife Federation HQ

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

The design integration of beautiful, safe cover and food producing vegetation for the wildlife is amazing, and the opportunity for employees to watch nature daily is both healthy for the soul and the mind!  See our National Wildlife Federation HQ Project Profile in the Greenroofs.com Projects Database.

 

London Wall Place

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

What a gorgeous and sensitive response to cultural and natural design encompassing a multi-tiered approach to public realm landscaping!

 

MPK 21

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

#4: Living Architecture Ecosystem Services

Kudos again to Facebook and their continued commitment to healthy environmental and employee sustainability efforts!

 

Next Week: #3

That’s it for this week.  I hope you enjoyed category #4.  Read Greenroofs.com’s 2018 Top 10 List of Hot Trends in Greenroof & Greenwall Design Press Release to learn about all 10 categories.

Join me next week where I’ll present 2018 Top 10 Hot List category #3: The Middle East: Arid & Sub-humid Greening of the Desert

Please do send me suggestions for next year’s Top 10 at linda@greenroofs.com.

 

Love the Earth, Plant a Roof or Wall ~ Linda S. Velazquez, ASLA, LEED AP, GRP

 

2018 Top 10 Hot List Categories So Far:
#5: Lushly Landscaped ‘Fractalized’ Terrace Towers
#6: Controlled Environment Agriculture 365 Days a Year: Vertical Soil-free Farming
#7: Overstructure Greenroof Plazas: Green Spaces as Social Catalysts
#8: Sponge Infrastructure: Rebuilding Water Edge Development for Climate Change Resiliency
#9: Eco-Bling to Welcome & Inform
#10: Client Specific ‘Boutique’ Greenroofs & Greenwalls

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