I spent fifteen years watching universities throw money at green credentials that looked impressive in marketing materials but delivered questionable environmental outcomes. Then I visited Nottingham Trent University’s Newton and…
# Planning Permission for Green Roofs and When You Need It Installing a green roof feels like it should be straightforward. You’re improving your building’s environmental performance, managing stormwater, and…
I’ve walked on hundreds of rooftops during site visits, but stepping onto the Vancouver Convention Centre’s living roof was the moment I truly understood what green infrastructure could become. You’re…
# How to Install a Green Roof on a Garden Shed or Outbuilding I had a client last year with a Victorian terrace in Hackney who’d been staring at her…
# How to Install and Maintain a Green Roof in the UK > **TL;DR: Start Here** > > Green roofs aren’t as complicated as they look, but they’re not something…
# California Academy of Sciences and the Green Roof That Breathes I remember standing in Golden Gate Park looking up at what appeared to be hills that had somehow materialised…
# How Much Weight Can My Roof Support and Do I Need a Structural Survey You’re looking at that flat roof on your extension and wondering whether you can transform…
# The World’s Most Important Green Architecture Projects: A Crew Debate Right, so we finally sat down and hashed this out. Took us three sessions, nearly ended a friendship between…