A new breed of garden designer is reclaiming London’s neglected rooftops, and transforming them into green spaces in the sky, says John Rice of Urbanroofgardens. Reclaiming London’s rooftops To coincide with the 2004 Chelsea Flower Show, the BBC aired a … Continue reading →

International Business Events, organisers of Cityscape 2005 have unveiled plans for a landscape feature to form the core of the exhibition, to take place at the Business Design Centre, London on the 20 & 21 September 2005. Gold Medal and … Continue reading →

How many times have you wished you could turn your garden ‘inside out’? Alex Daley and Alice Devaney did just that with their show garden “Inside Out”, awarded a Gold and the Most Creative Show Garden. The theme showed how … Continue reading →

The Mayor and his Chief Advisor on Architecture and Urbanism Richard Rogers have compiled a set of Case Studies of London Living Roofs. This complements the Living Roofs Statement released earlier this year. Living Roofs are roof gardens, terraces and … Continue reading →

London Community Herbalists have teamed up with parents and the wider school community of North Harringay Primary School in London to create a unique and exciting project. We are building an international roof garden, using sustainable building technologies, that feature … Continue reading →

The roof of a new building designed as a centre for start-up companies in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, will not only be a ‘green roof’ of 8,000 plants of 48 species, but also will be used as a garden for its … Continue reading →

Five sculptures and one wall drawing by the celebrated American artist Sol LeWitt (born 1928) have been and are still on view in The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. A prolific artist since his emergence in the mid-1960s, … Continue reading →

Michael Sorkin was in Melbourne Australia to talk about making cities more sustainable. His lecture was titled : Eco Edge, Urban Environments or Urban Disasters: Are Cities Sustainable In the ideal city of the future you would do a lot … Continue reading →

The Calhoun School celebrated the opening of its new Green Roof Learning Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Calhoun is the first institution in New York City to design an eco-friendly green roof that offers … Continue reading →

Welcome to Top of the Rock™, an experience that will deliver the most spectacular views of New York City from the newly renovated observation deck atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 70 stories in the sky. We invite you to join us … Continue reading →