Sheraton Delfina – Double-sided VGM living wall

Posted on January 24, 2013 by tournesol

Double-sided VGM Modular living wall at the Sheraton Delfina, Santa Monica

We get many requests from designers that want to install double-sided VGM living walls. The Sheraton Delfina pooldeck project, designed by major hospitality design firm Dawson Design Associates, is the first opportunity we’ve had to get images of this type of installation. Dawson recently completed a “renovation & repositioning” (according to their website) of this downtown Santa Monica resort facility.

A steel-tube structure is anchored in an FRP Wilshire Collection planter

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Living Wall at Oceano Warner Center Apartments, Woodland Hills, CA

Posted on December 17, 2012 by tournesol

VGM3 Living Wall at Oceano Warner Center

Oceano Warner Center is a new apartment community located in the Warner Center area of Woodland Hills, CA. Technically part of Los Angeles, Warner Center is an edge city, designed as an urban area to relieve traffic congestion in the San Fernando Valley. Oceano was built with an urban aesthetic, and designed to meet all LEED requirements. The property is gorgeous, as you can see from these pictures. Continue reading →

VGM Living Wall at Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

Posted on November 19, 2012 by tournesol

Pitzer College First among Liberal Arts Colleges with Eight LEED

West wall of the West Hall – Pitzer Residential Life Project Phase II – Photo courtesy of Pitzer College

Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges located in Claremont, CA, recently completed Phase 2 of their Residential Life project. It included several different buildings, including the West Building shown above. The combination of residential, academic and social space was awarded LEED Platinum status, which makes them a leader of elite liberal arts schools with LEED recognized mixed-use buildings. Continue reading →

Unique VGM wall in Southern California

Posted on December 15, 2011 by tournesol

Cool VGM living wall installation uses the boxes' modularity

When it comes to creativity, the designers we work with have us here at Tournesol Siteworks beat hands down. Architect Ross Andrews and Landscape Architect Jim Ridge came up with this design for a small living wall installed on a retail center in Fountain Valley, CA. Instead of viewing the modularity of the VGM system as a drawback, they leveraged the geometry to create something quite spectacular.

Installed by Matsunaga Landscape Maintenance, and grown in by our friends at Instant Jungle, this wall adds pop to an otherwise bland area. The one column reaches all the way to the ground, which allows irrigation to be run up behind it. As the wall grows in, the variation in plant material’s colors will containue to add to the effect. A great installation, and one that shows what creativity can do on a budget.

Fixtures Living – an interior greenwall in a game-changing retail environment in Costa Mesa, CA

Posted on October 3, 2011 by tournesol

The Fixtures Living showroom in Costa Mesa, CA

We recently received several installation shots from our friends at Instant Jungle in Santa Ana. They worked with Kevin Evernham at Fitch, a leading retail architect in Scottsdale, AZ and Burke Construction on the showroom for Fixtures Living in Costa Mesa, CA. The people at Fitch describe the showroom best:

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Beverly Hills Hotel Bungalow Expansion Living Wall (at installation)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by tournesol

The bungalow expansion project at the Beverly Hills Hotel started last year, but only was installed in the last month or so. You can see the previous post here (from last October!) showing the sedums growing into the Tournesol VGM modular living wall system.

Installation photos courtesy of Paul Hansen of Pierre Sprinkler

The architect for the overall expansion project was Gensler, and the landscape architect (who specified the VGM wall) was Michael Hee of SWA Group of Los Angeles . The original concept and planting plans are shown below Continue reading →

California Landscape Contractor’s Assoc. Trophy Awards Dinner – Temporary TerraScreen

Posted on November 15, 2010 by tournesol

We were pleased to be part of the California Landscape Contractor’s Association Trophy awards dinner on Friday of last week. It is always a big event, awarding the most prestigious projects in the largest state landscape association in the country. The organizers thought that a living wall would make a great backdrop for photographing the awards winners. Continue reading →

First Look: VGM Grow-in for the Beverly Hills Hotel Living Wall

Posted on October 1, 2010 by tournesol

Grow-in for the VGM wall going into the Bevery Hills Hotel

We were excited to be chosen as the manufacturer for the living wall going into the Beverly Hills Hotel, the prestigious private hotel in the heart of Beverly Hills. SWA Group of Los Angeles specified the wall, made up predominantly of sedum plantings. More after the jump…

The Beverly Hills Hotel is considered one of the finest in the world!

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More living wall demonstration projects – Los Angeles area

Posted on August 5, 2010 by tournesol

next three photos courtesy of Instant Jungle

We wanted to take the chance to feature work by several of our partners in Southern California that have put up demonstration projects in Santa Ana and Rancho Cucamonga. More pictures and details after the break…

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