landscape
Aug 25 2008, Deepa

Since rooftops have been the most ignored element of many buildings, Brooklyn architects Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu have expertly designed a rooftop landscape to showcase green roof technologies on an industrial building in Queens, New York. A...

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