Living Architecture Monitor - Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

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At Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, we love to
celebrate excellence in green roof and wall
design — so our hats go off to the following individuals
and organizations for their recent
achievements:
PRESERVINGSTORMWATERINPHILLY
Pennoni Associates, a consulting engineering
firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
won the award for Stormwater Best Management
Practices for its green roof design on
The Radian, located on Walnut Street in
Philadelphia. The honors came from the
Philadelphia Water Department, Offices of the
Watersheds, a statewide program that recognizes
innovative stormwater best management
practices. The project, which integrates green
roof areas into the public terrace level of a
mixed-use facility that includes lower level
retail space and a 13-story residential tower
for student apartments, broke ground in Mary
2007 and will open this August. The innovative
strategy for stormwater management drains
runoff from impervious areas of the roof into
the green roof structure, maximizing water
retention on the roof while controlling the
release rate into two underground stormwater
management basins. Additionally, the plant
design of the green roof will serve as a valued
amenity to residents and the community at
large. Erdy McHenry Architecture was the
project architect while Roofscapes, Inc. served
as subconsultant to Pennoni and provided key
technical expertise for the green roof design.
GREENINGCALGARY
On Nov. 1, 2007, the city of Calgary’s
Mayor’s Urban Design Awards took place
with eight winners and four honourable
mentions in a variety of categories. A
conceptual entry, Grey to Green: Greening
Calgary One Roof at a Time, was jointly
submitted by Kerry Ross, an architectural
consultant with IBI Group in Calgary and
Kelly Learned of Cochrane, Alberta, earned
an honourable mention and special acknowledgement
by Juror Shannon Nichol
of the international landscape architecture
firm, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Their
entry illustrated how a green roof on one
of Calgary’s landmarks, the Municipal
Building, could set the tone for the region
in terms of becoming a green roof
technology leader.
BELOWThe award-winning Radian in Philadelphia was recognized for its innovative stormwater management strategy. “This project is an example of how ecology,
economics and aesthetics can be balanced to satisfy not only the owner and the users of the building, but also broader environmental goals,” says Marc Morfei,
Philadelphia senior landscape architect.
Renderings: Erdy McHenry Architecture
COMINGUP
The Toronto Botanical Garden will host a green roof conference on Feb. 21, 2008. The event’s
conference workshops will cover design, plants, biodiversity and technical considerations. Paul
Kephart of Rana Creek will be a speaker, as well as the instructor for GRHC’s Ecological Design
Course to be held in the morning of Feb. 22, also at the Botanical Gardens. For information
about the event, please email greenroof@logistix.com or see their website at www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca/greenroof.
Further information and registration details about GRHC’s Ecological Design course on Feb. 22
can be found at www.greenroofs.org
NEWS
WANTED!
We want to hear about your
announcements (deals and projects
completed); people moves; awards;
and books and events. Send us an email
at editor@greenroofs.org and your
news may end up in Strata for our next
issue. Please include photographs or
images if applicable.
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