Green

Imagining its allotted ten square feet as vertical space, Greenlab Studio suggests a living wall of succulents and hardy plants growing in a wood, stainless-steel, and wire mesh frame.

Green roofs are aesthetically pleasing and have multiple positive environmental benefits, even if they are small in terms of square footage. Here, a green roof blooms atop the detached garage of a home.

Large sliding glass doors suspend the living room within the landscape for family gatherings or larger events.

One of the early challenges of building the house was defining the property lines of the lot, which had come to be known as "the floating acre" among the local fishermen.

Rose sourced the green marble for an upcoming Park Avenue apartment from the same quarry used by Mies for the 1929 Barcelona Pavilion.

“We sought to create a house that would not damage the environment and not be too visible,” says architect Tina Gregorič. A single zigzagging roof stretches over 5,380 square feet, doubling the area of the interior spaces and serving as an ideal spot for sunset cocktails and whale-watching.

Covered with wire mesh, the green roof will continue to vegetate over time.