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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Mi Dia restaurant patio, Dallas, TX
In 2008 we fabricated a custom Urban planter for a retail mall project in Florida. The planter was designed to hide bollards, so was designed specifically to be the same size as our 24″ square, but 48″ tall. Once that project was complete, we adapted the tool for our own use – and the Urban Tall planter was born.
The pot is something of a “red-headed stepchild”. It is has different proportions than the rest of the Urban Collection, and so only garners one line in our marketing materials. Nevertheless, it has become one of our more popular planters. Although it doesn’t get much attention, we felt it deserves it’s own post.
The planters in the image above and below were specified & installed by GHA Architecture/Development of Dallas, TX. The Mi Dia From Scratch restaurant, and the neighboring Winewood Restaurant (both located in Grapevine) used the URT-2400 with our CWC-R1850 container irrigation self-watering insert. All the containers were delivered in the T-0 texture in black.
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Posted in Commercial, Company News, Hospitality, Multi-Family Residential, Pots, Planters & Site Furnishings, Products | 2 Responses »
Tags: California, container irrigation, New York, Texas, Urban Collection, Urban Tall
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
photos courtesy of Durante Kreuk ltd
Modular GRT2 greenroof trays on a 1600sf installation in Vancouver
We recently were able to get several nice images of a greenroof using our GRT2 modular green roof trays. This 1600 sq. ft. greenroof was installed at the Alto in Vancouver, BC, by T. Moscone Bros. Landscaping. The designer, Durante Kreuk ltd., originally had specified a different modular system. According to the contractor, the leadtime for the alternate product was longer than the window that they had to install it, so they went with our GRT2 instead. While there were a few small elements that the landscape architect saw that could be improved on the next installation, they were pleased enough to specify the our product in a similar application on a building going in right next door!
They’ve also used the Mubi living wall system on the front of the building, and have been pleased with overall results after a year. Some winter die-back, but overall the plants seem healthy.
Posted in Green Building Products, Multi-Family Residential | 2 Responses »
Tags: British Columbia, greenroof, GRT2
Monday, November 29th, 2010
all photos courtesy of Blondies Treehouse
This is a project that will define the capabilities of what our new VertiGreen Hybrid system can do. That might sound a little dramatic, but when we saw the images, we realized that the contractor, Blondies Treehouse of Mamaroneck, NY, really understands the product and used it to their advantage. As a reminder, they gained experience with the product at the Whole Foods store in Long Grove, NY. Click to continue »
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Tags: Jean Nouvel, New York, VertiGreen Hybrid
Friday, October 8th, 2010
A combination of square and rectangular Urban Pots
The work at 5550 Wilshire Blvd., in the heart of Los Angele’s Miracle Mile district, was one of our largest projects of the year. With over 180 pots, in both GFRC and FRP fiberglass, as well as container irrigation for them all, it kept our manufacturing facility busy for some time. The landscape design for this project was done by Valleycrest Design Group of Orange County (formerly HRP Studio) for the developer Legacy Partners. We worked closely with ParkWest Landscape, who handled the entire project. More info and images after the jump…
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Posted in Container Irrigation Systems, Mixed-Use, Multi-Family Residential, Pots, Planters & Site Furnishings, Products, Retail | No Responses »
Tags: California, container irrigation, CWM Modular, Urban Collection
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Harbor Pointe Condominiums and Townhomes
We’ve been working together with Anastasi Development, the developers behind Harbor Pointe, for years, and it is a pleasure to feature one of their properties here. Most of their projects over the past 10 years have included our SeaCrest Series planters with the built-in container irrigation system. More images and a description after the jump…
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Tags: Anastasi, California, container irrigation, SeaCrest Series
Friday, September 17th, 2010
VertiGreen Hybrid at Collwood St.
We just got in pictures of our second installation of the VertiGreen Hybrid product, along this wall in San Diego. The project, specified by Gillespie Moody Patterson and installed by Valleycrest Landscape, was originally supposed to be a conventional 3D trellis.
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Posted in Green Building Products, Green Wall, Multi-Family Residential, Products, Public Projects | 3 Responses »
Tags: California, living walls, trellis, VertiGreen Hybrid
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
UR-3600 square planters in bronze finish
This high-rise near downtown San Diego, owned by Affirmed Housing Group and built by Turner Construction, was never supposed to be a customer of ours. According to our regional sales representative Jon Willingham, the client had already purchased a significant number of planters from a local manufacturer when Turner and the landscape contractor Benchmark Landscape gave us a call. The unwanted planters were stacked in a corner of the project when he arrived…
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Tags: California, Low-Income Housing, roof garden, terrace, Urban Collection
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Urban Collection planters after installation
The designer of this project, located in suburban Los Angeles, made the most of a small space with tight weight restrictions. By mixing the modern-feeling Urban Collection planters, large stone mulching, and plant selection, DWLA landscape architects created a modern minimalist feel, getting the most out of the green in the project.
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Tags: California, Urban Collection
Friday, March 26th, 2010
Wilshire Collection Squares and Rectangles
Louis Fusco Landscape Architects pulled off an excellent example of configuring space using planters at this project in Queens, NY last year. Using large (36″) and small (24″) Wilshire Collection squares and a series of 96″ long rectangles, they created rooms, sitting areas, and bench structures. More after the break…
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Tags: configuring space with planters, New York, Podium, rectangles, terrace, Wilshire Collection
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Urban Collection round US-2400, US-3600 and US-3000
Sometimes I think if you follow our blog you’d think that all we do is living wall systems. Just to set the record straight, that couldn’t be further from the truth. While living wall is a fast-emerging opportunity for us, our bread-and-butter business remains manufacturing pots, planters, and irrigation systems. We try to post as many images from installed projects in this blog so that our customers have a chance to see what our products really look like in the field, and to get a sense of whether it will work for what they’re doing. We also hope, just a little, that it will provide inspiration and ideas for designers looking for ways to make their urban environment greener. More info about NoHo 14 after the break.
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Tags: California, container irrigation, CWC, CWM Modular, Metro Collection, Urban Collection
