Green roofs taking root

Shaw, a Eugene home­owner interested in environmentally sustainable building techniques, installed the green roof on an addition two years ago.

It’s one of a handful of public and private Eugene buildings that sport a layer of greenery on top, a trend that has taken off in larger metropolitan areas such as Portland and Chicago.

A technique dating back thousands of years, it was resuscitated in Germany more than 20 years ago, and is gaining ground in the United States.

Green roofs taking root: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore..

Waterfront plan: A magnet and, hopefully, model

Relax, Toronto, all is not lost; the wheels of change grind no slower here than in any other city.

So says Dutch landscape architect Adriaan Geuze, whose firm, West 8, is now redesigning the central waterfront in partnership with Toronto’s DTAH.

“Bureaucratic resistance is normal,” he says, smiling reassuringly. “It’s the same everywhere.”

Geuze should know; he’s worked in cities across Europe and North America. Still, he admits he has his work cut out for him in Toronto.

TheStar.com | News | Waterfront plan: A magnet and, hopefully, model.

American Institute of Architects pushes sustainable buildings : Business News : Commercial Appeal

American Institute of Architects Memphis chapter as it launches an ambitious 2008 agenda under the leadership of Self Tucker principal Jimmie Tucker.
Jimmie Tucker, principal in Self Tucker Architects Inc., said AIA will focus in 2008 on encouraging “green” development, the push for a civic design center that would serve as a clearinghouse for design and planning issues and on getting more children and young adults interested in architecture.

Jimmie Tucker, principal in Self Tucker Architects Inc., said AIA will focus in 2008 on encouraging “green” development, the push for a civic design center that would serve as a clearinghouse for design and planning issues and on getting more children and young adults interested in architecture.

American Institute of Architects pushes sustainable buildings : Business News : Commercial Appeal.

People spending to much time indoors

There’s a good reason for wanting to instill the urge to explore nature early on. In the January 2008 issue of the journal Environment and Behavior, landscape architects in Scotland suggest that regular childhood visits to the woods or similarly green places influence adult attitudes toward these same areas.

The work was done by Catherine Ward Thompson from the Edinburgh College of Art together with Peter Aspinall and Alicia Montarzino from the Heriot-Watt University.

Enjoying the green – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos.

VietNamNet – Southern hub knocking over its growth targets

Ho Chi Minh City gross domestic product (GDP) in 11 months increased nearly 12 per cent in comparison with the 11.5 per cent gained last year. The report anticipates that the city’s GDP by year’s end will reach 12.6 per cent, a record for the past decade.
Experts have said the city’s economic growth saw equal contributions from its key sectors: services, industry and development investment.

At a session to review the city’s socio-economic situation in 2007, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that economic restructuring remained problematic, skilled and specialised human resources were still far less than demand and administrative reforms had yet to be fully implemented.

“The city’s traffic jams, flooding and social evils are escalating and need to be resolved,” he said.
VietNamNet – Southern hub knocking over its growth targets.

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