Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, a nonprofit industry association for green roof experts in North America, announces its Awards of Excellence winners. The awards are given for vision and leadership of forward-thinking green roof and wall projects. Winners are as follows:
· The Residences at 900 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois-Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects (Intensive Green Roof-Residential Category)
· West Podium Park, Boston World Trade Center, Boston, Massachusetts-Roofscapes (Intensive Green Roof-Industrial/Commercial Category)
· Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas-McKinney Kelley JV Landscape Architects (Intensive Green Roof-Institutional Category)
· Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia-Sharp & Diamond Landscape Architecture (Green Wall Design Category)
· 909 Walnut Fidelity Tower Building, Kansas City, Missouri-Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company (Extensive Green Roof-Residential Category)
· TWA Corporate Headquarters Building, Kansas City, Missouri-el dorado inc. (Extensive Green Roof-Industrial/Commercial Category)
· California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California-Rana Creek Living Architecture (Extensive Green Roof-Institutional Category)
Pictures and case studies of the project design winners are available at www.greenroofs.org.
