The home includes a single-story guest wing and garage, each featuring a living roof planted with wildflowers and local grasses by design firm Goode Green. Watermill Residence, Water Mill, New YorkArchitect Andrew Berman conceived this waterfront residence on Long Island as a summer and weekend retreat for three generations of one family. The term 'the roof of the world' was coined to refer to a region within Asia with exceptionally high mountains. Click through these spectacular examples from San Francisco to Singapore to discover how top architects-including Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano and AD Innovator Weiss/Manfredi-are incorporating green roofs into their projects. Factor in lower heating and cooling costs, extended roof life, and tax incentives (depending on the city), and it’s easy to see why this building trend continues to grow. The sky-high functional gardens also have a wide variety of ecological benefits, such as the ability to absorb carbon dioxide, reduce stormwater runoff, limit heat absorption, and provide habitats for insects, birds, and other wildlife. Made with hardy varieties of succulents, grasses, wildflowers, and herbs atop several structural layers-including a waterproof membrane and levels for drainage, insulation, and filtering-these self-sustaining living architectural features can bring natural beauty to urban buildings or connect rural structures to their surrounding landscapes. Green roofs are sprouting up more and more on buildings around the world, from private residences and schools to cultural institutions and businesses.
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