i took a photo of the Vancouver Public Library. it is located on West Georgia Street between Homer Street and Hamilton Street.
Architect: Moshe Safdie
(See Vancouver Public Library's Greenroof below) v
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Vancouver Public Library's Greenroof
clipped from http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=29
Project Name: Vancouver Public Library (Library Square Building)
Year: 1995
Owner: The City of Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Building Type: Library
Greenroof Type: Semi-Intensive
Greenroof System: Single Source Provider
Roof Size: 28000 sq.ft.
Roof Slope: 1.5%
Access: Accessible, Private
Submitted by: Linda S. Velazquez
Designers/Manufacturers of Record:
Landscape Architect: Cornelia Oberlander, FASLA, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects
Architect: Moshe Safdie,
Greenroof System: American Hydrotech
Architects: Downs Archambault and Partners
The 21-story Library Square Building office tower houses the eight-story Vancouver Public Library and a retail/daycare complex. Noted landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander, ASLA, designed the semi-intensive greenroof on top of the Library Square Building in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia.
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