Green Roofs
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Mexican architectural firm HW Studio has created a stunning family home that disappears into the ground. The Hill in Front of the Glen reinvents the classic Hobbit home, boasting a design that seamlessly vanishes into the natural landscape.
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Rising out of the ground with a dramatic tilting overall form, the recently completed Turbosealtech New Incubator and Office building, by New Wave Architecture, serves as a light-filled office space and business incubator in Iran.
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Shenzhen has rapidly grown from a fishing village to a megacity home to around 17 million. To help add a little greenery to the concrete megalopolis, Crossboundaries has turned a metro station roof into a large elevated park measuring 1.2 km long.
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Snøhetta has unveiled its design for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota. Rising out of the landscape like a grassy hill, it will feature an expansive green roof on which visitors will be able to walk and gaze at the view.
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Ingenhoven Architects has turned an area of inner-city Düsseldorf from gray to green with its recently-completed Kö-Bogen II. The mixed-use project hosts an incredible 5 miles of hedges on its exterior, making it Europe's largest green facade.
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Work is nearing completion on a new art depot by MVRDV that offers insight into the world of art preservation and restoration. Named Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, the project features an eye-catching mirrored facade and is topped by a public garden.
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Studio Okami has recently completed a green roof home that, from a certain angle, vanishes into its natural landscape setting. Dubbed Sloped Villa, the three-bedroom family home is built into the sloping hillside of Mont-de-l'Enclus in Belgium.
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The LOHA-designed MLK1101 Supportive Housing in Los Angeles provides a safe and affordable home to homeless people and other vulnerable groups. It incorporates several energy-efficient elements, including a focus on natural lighting and ventilation.
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Snøhetta's recently-completed Charles Library at Temple University features a striking granite and wood exterior, and is topped by a large green roof.
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Heatherwick Studio will add some nature to Tokyo with a new district defined by an eye-catching building covered in greenery.
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Stefano Boeri Architetti's line of greenery-infused architecture has made quite a splash by bringing a little nature to inner-city high-rise residents. The Italian firm's latest design in the same vein is slated for Egypt and consists of three cuboid buildings that are covered in plants and trees.
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Vietnam's VTN Architects continues its pursuit of adding greenery-infused architecture to its homeland with a pair of new projects. The most notable, the Viettel Offsite Studio, is defined by a novel zigzagging form designed to provide staff with a green and comfortable work environment.
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