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MILWAUKEE'S URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER The Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee simply radiates with a special kind of beauty, from the inside out. It's a charming, efficient, respectful, and delightful structure, and more. It's a community building whose building has helped build a community.
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The sedum roofs of today symbolize performance-oriented green roof design. Like fine-tuned engines, they run on leaner artificial substrates with almost no organic matter; volcanic rock or expanded shale, baked at 2000 degrees Fahrenheit (1093 degrees Celsius), make the substrates lighter and soil depths as thin as possible. They seem to be race cars in the fleet of green roofs — maximum performance paired with minimum weight. The simple soil mixtures and roof sections of the early days of green roofs developed into multilayered complex systems supporting the homogenous surface of succulents. The unkempt and rough gave way to the groomed and cultivated, reminiscent of the unrelenting beauty of agricultural fields.
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More Environment Architecture Professor Calls for Mobile Homes to Go Green — AZoBuild, 2008.0104Alaskan Sea Drilling Plans Criticized — New York Times, 2008.0103 Britain: 2008 May Be Among Hottest Years — New York Times, 2008.0103 Green Units Profitable, Says Builder — Boston Globe, 2008.0103 Deciphering the Eco-Home Lingo — Helium Report, 2008.0102 US Green Building Council Shows Off Its Platinum-Rated HQ — SmartPlanet, 2008.0102 William McDonough's Treescraper Tower of Tomorrow — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0102 Who's at the Wheel? — The Age (Australia), 2007.1230 Architects Turn to Green Design — Earth Sky Blogs, 2007.1228 Cool Architecture, Cool Cities — Aliran, 2007.1227 Portland Slows Down on Green — The Oregonian, 2007.1227 Herman Miller VillageGreen Facility Earns LEED Gold — FacilityBlog, 2007.1226 'Tower of Tomorrow' Unveiled at World Future Energy Summit — 24Dash, 2007.1221 Concrete Proposals Needed — Economist, 2007.1219 Google Earth Features Green Buildings — Inhabitat (blog), 2007.1219 Disassembly Part of Design, Experts Say — Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.1219 Strawbale Education Centre for City Farm — Green Building, 2007.1219 An Architect with a 'Green' Mission — The Hindu, 2007.1218 Green Houses: Oakland Architect’S Sustainable Buildings — AsianWeek, 2007.1218 Jewell in the Crown — Grist, 2007.1218 Lumberyard Goes Green — News-Leader, 2007.1218 Adapt to Climate Change, WB Chief Tells Developing Nations — Inquirer.net, 2007.1218 New Type of Coal Plant Moves Ahead, Haltingly — New York Times, 2007.1218 Soaring Food Prices Threaten Millions: UN — Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.1218 Depot Walk Attached New-Home Community Earns LEED Certification — CNN, 2007.1217 Burning Man Backs Solar-Power Project for Nevada Towns — ZD Net, 2007.1217 Wave Power to Go Commercial in California — ZD Net, 2007.1217 Financing Green Building and Retrofits — Grist, 2007.1217 For Green Products, a Green Showroom — New York Times, 2007.1216 Bali Climate Deal Paves Way for Hotter U.S. Debate — Yahoo News, 2007.1216
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