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- New California Academy of Sciences green building to open 27th September
The Renzo Piano designed Calfornia Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco is set to open on Spetember 27th.
The new Platinium LEED certified musuem will house the Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and the Morrison Planetarium. The new energy saving building with its 2.5 acre roof was design by Renzo Piano in collaboration with STANTEC architecture.
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- Second biggest Green roof in North America nearing completion
With the completion next spring of the new convention centre in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour, there will be a few blocks of new parkland added to the city — but they’re strictly for the birds and the bees.
The expansion project, west of the current convention centre, is being topped off with a 2.4-hectare green — or […]
- Markowitze to address rainwater conference - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Bobby Markowitz, president of Earthcraft Landscape Design, will be speaking at the American Rainwater Catchment System Association’s annual conference in Santa Monica this September.
Read more @ the SOURCE: Santa Cruz Sentinel – Markowitze to address rainwater conference
- Rethinking Mass. Ave. - The Boston Globe
“How do you reconstruct a major, urban artery notorious for its traffic congestion and safety issues, but do so in a way that pleases not only neighborhood residents but supports the street’s many users - cars, pedestrians, bicyclists, and buses?”
Read more of this great article @ The Boston Globe 0 Rethinking Mass. Ave. - .
- Summer Street- NYC - a great success
Summer Streets is a 6.9mile car free route through one of busiest and congested cities in the world – New York. The route stretches from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park and connections to the Hudson River Greenway, allowing participants to plan a long or short route through Manhattan.
The first Summer Streets occured last Saturday from 7:00 […]
- Planned Ocean Parkway bike path meets opposition — Newsday.com
A long-planned 14-mile bike path along Ocean Parkway, stretching from Wantagh Parkway to the Robert Moses Causeway…..
Read more @ the SOURCE: Planned Ocean Parkway bike path meets opposition - Newsday.com.
- Sustainable Landscaping Saves Time, Energy, Money
Steve Jones has written a great article about Sustainable landscapes.
“Is your garden a sustainable landscape? Ideally, it should be. By “sustainable” I mean that it is in balance with the local climate and requires minimal resource inputs such as fertilizer, pesticides and water……”SOURCE: Hernando Today (Tampa Tribune) Sustainable Landscaping Saves Time, Energy, Money.
- Gibbs lectures on revitalization at Harvard - The Oakland Press
Oakland Press reports that “Robert Gibbs of Birmingham will carry on what for him has become something of a summer tradition.
Gibbs, the principal behind the Gibbs Planning Group, will be a featured speaker and program instructor for the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Gibbs will participate in a graduate session titled, “New Urban and […]
- Tacoma has one way to grow, and that’s up - TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA
Peter Callaghan of the News Tribune has written an interesting piece on Tacoma and its counties battles with Urban Sprawl. He talks about how the only way for Tacoma to grow is upwards hopefully through mixed use development up to 8 stories high.
Read the SOURCE article @ TheNewsTribune.com – Tacoma has one way to grow, […]
- Moving Downtown to save on car costs
The Associated Press and other news outlets have reported over the last few weeks on the growing trend for young people and empty nesters moving downtown in major cities across the USA to save on fuel costs and to reduce their travel time.
The other growing trend is more people opting to use public transport to get […]
