One of the Top Reason's to Love Toronto: The City Hall's LiveRoof®

The LiveRoof® brand green roof system on Toronto City Hall's Nathan Phillips Square is a meadow of over 20 different plant mixes and a testament to the instant natural beauty only possible with the LiveRoof® hybrid green roof system.

Toronto Life has called it out as one of the TOP TEN Reasons to Love Toronto.

"The resulting 3,250-square-metre garden of wild grasses and native plants is open to the public from dawn ’til dusk. Bisected by crushed white granite paths and dotted with ipe wood benches, the roof has the meditative effect of a Zen garden...

"...this elevated idyll proves that progress and beauty can coexist."

View the full article:  http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/from-print-edition-informer/2010/08/06/reason-to-love-toronto-because-city-hall-is-leading-by-example-for-once/

View more photos & project details at the LiveRoof® website:  http://www.liveroof.com/showcase_view.php?show=223

New Photos of LiveRoof, LLC's recent Installations

Jewel Osco Store- Chicago, IL 
This is the second Jewel Osco store in Chicago to be topped with a LiveRoof brand green roof!

Boone Clinton Elementary School 

 

To view all of our completed installations please visit http://www.liveroof.com/showcase.php

Green Roofs make people happy!

Check out this article from the LA Times...

Green buildings may make employees feel better, a Michigan State study finds - latimes.com

LiveRoof® on Nathan Phillips Square named GreenRoofs.com Project of the Week

Greenroofs.com has featured Nathan Phillips Square, the LiveRoof® brand green roof on Toronto's City Hall, as their Project of the Week.

This project features over 22 different plant mixes and uses a combination of LiveRoof® Standard and Deep systems.  It is the largest LiveRoof® brand green roof in Canada, and is publicly accessible.

LiveRoof® in Wisconsin

LiveRoof® on Educator's Credit Union
by Genesis Architecture
Winner:  AIA Wisconsin Honor Award for Overall Design Excellence
Featured in JSOnline, http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/92330259.html

Slide show, http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/92197379.html?index=6

Details on LiveRoof.com Project Showcase
 
LiveRoof® on ATC Corporate Headquarters

Featured this week on Wisconsin Builder, http://wibuilder.com/blog/2010/04/a-perfect-blend/

 

Details on LiveRoof.com Project Showcase

LiveRoof® on Madison Fire Station

Featured this week on Wisconsin Builder, http://wibuilder.com/blog/2010/04/master-class/

 Details on LiveRoof.com Project Showcase

Muskegon Community College Displays Committment to GREEN with LiveRoof brand green roof installation

Muskegon Community College's LiveRoof® brand green roof was the focus of a press conference last week highlighting the institution's commitment to green initiatives.  The nearly 7000 sq ft green roof installed by Twin Lakes Nursery in September 2009 and designed by Tower Pinkster Titus Associates Inc.

The green roof incorporates several different plant mixes planted in 4" deep and 6" deep trays.  Each mix was pregrown at LiveRoof, LLC in Spring Lake, MI, and then was shipped and installed according to a specific layout to create a dramatic, quilt-like pattern.

The plants were havested and grown in Spring Lake, MI.  The trays were manufactured from recycled polypropylene in Grand Haven, MI.  The engineered soil components were sourced from the Great Lakes region and were blended in Muskegon, MI.

                                                                                           PHOTO BY LIVEROOF, LLC
Muskegon Community College's green roof, installed in September 2009.
Photo taken October 2009.

Article posted on mlive.com,
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/04/muskegon_community_college_tou.html

See more photos and details on liveroof.com,
http://www.liveroof.com/showcase_view.php?show=203&ordernum=2

LiveRoof® on Unified State Labs in Utah

LiveRoof® Licensed Grower J&J Nursery shipped their first LiveRoof® brand green roof this week on the Unified State Laboratories building in Salt Lake City. Local station KSL covered the installation with an online article, photo gallery and video clip.

View the KSL.com Article:  Utah gets first "living roof"