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Ten-Fifty B St., San Diego – a LEED-Gold Affordable Housing High-Rise

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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A roof garden done right – 5 Penn Plaza, NYC

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

all images courtesy of Greener by Design, New York City

Far above the corner of Eighth Ave. and 34th St. in New York, the Haymes Investment Company has created an idyllic terrace garden on the 22nd floor of the 5 Penn Plaza building.  Designed by Landgarden Landscape Architects and maintained by Greener by Design, the project used Urban and Wilshire Collection planters to create a comfortable space overlooking the New York skyline.

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Procopio Rooftop Lounge Living Wall, San Diego, CA

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

TerraScreen living wall panels

The law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch recently put in a spectacular rooftop lounge above their offices in downtown San Diego.  Although open to the sky, it is walled in on 4 sides.  The designers, including  McCullough Landscape Architects,  approached Greenscaped Buildings about putting in a living wall on the side of the lounge overlooking the harbor (what a view!!).  More images after the break…

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