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Author Hopkins, Graeme, author

Title Living architecture : green roofs and walls / Graeme Hopkins and Christine Goodwin
Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2011
Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2011
©2011

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  635.9671 Hop/Lag  AVAILABLE
Description vii, 288 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
Contents 1. Context and classification -- 2. Benefits and drivers -- 3. Design principles -- 4. Green roof case studies -- 5. Living wall case studies -- 6. Ground to roof connection -- 7. Planting design space -- 8. Creating open space -- 9. Tackling climate change -- 10. Role of government -- 11. Research, advocacy and capacity building
Summary Provides design inspiration and practical advice on using green roofs and living walls. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, it highlights the most exciting green roof and living wall projects in Australia and New Zealand within an international context. Cities around the world are becoming denser, with greater built form resulting in more hard surfaces and less green space, leaving little room for vegetation or habitat. One way of creating more natural environments within cities is to incorporate green roofs and walls in new buildings or to retrofit them in existing structures. The installation of green roofs and walls has many benefits, including: - management of stormwater and improved water quality - reducing the 'urbane heat island effect' - increasing real estate values around green roofs - reducing energy consumption
Analysis Architectural design
Sustainable buildings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Also available in an electronic version via the Internet
Mode of access: Internet
Subject Green roofs (Gardening)
Landscape gardening.
Roof gardening.
Vertical gardening.
Author Goodwin, Christine, author
CSIRO Publishing.
LC no. 2011456292
ISBN 9780643096639 (paperback)
9780643103078 (ebk.)
9780643103085 (epub.)
Other Titles Living architecture
Green roofs and walls