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	Public Library?

coolpixfixer

3-25-2008 8:32 PM

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architecture, greenroof, global warming, urban heat island

coolpixfixer says:

On eye level it looks nice but what's above looks even nicer...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0b43a864-e566-402c-9173-aa1b9f3a1e2a/0D22504F-9BF2-4ACF-BE97-B903C3F9A005/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/" href="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><H3><A href="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/2008/03/click-image-for-larger-view-i-took.html">Vancouver Public Library</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/img/627C3814-A6E8-480B-88E4-716AE24194F9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><H3><A href="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/2008/03/vancouver-public-librarys-greenroof.html">Vancouver Public Library's Greenroof</A> </H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><DIV><A title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog" href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/"><IMG height="27" hspace="0" src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e3f73424-c199-4496-b6d3-7ad2a775e70f/64471B1A-B3FB-4582-98DA-22F9263DD3AD/" width="27" vspace="0" border="0" /></A>clipped from <A title="http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=29" href="http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=29">www.greenroofs.com</A></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/img/C56234FE-F86A-406E-B5CB-35D3CB0E958F" alt="Vancouver Library, Library Square" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><table background="" bgcolor=""><tr><TD vAlign="top"><B>Project Name:</B> Vancouver Public Library (Library Square Building)<BR /><B>Year:</B> 1995<BR /><B>Owner:</B> The City of Vancouver<BR /><B>Location:</B> Vancouver, BC, Canada<BR /><B>Building Type:</B> Library<BR /><B>Greenroof Type:</B> Semi-Intensive<BR /><B>Greenroof System:</B> Single Source Provider<BR /><B>Roof Size:</B> 28000 sq.ft.<BR /><B>Roof Slope:</B> 1.5%<BR /><B>Access:</B> Accessible, Private<BR /><B>Submitted by:</B> Linda S. Velazquez<BR /><BR /><B>Designers/Manufacturers of Record:</B><BR />Landscape Architect: Cornelia Oberlander, FASLA, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander Landscape Architects<BR />Architect: Moshe Safdie, <BR />Greenroof System: American Hydrotech<BR />Architects: Downs Archambault and Partners<BR /></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/img/11C232FD-103A-4A2F-BAA1-7C9C9744EA4A" alt="Source: Landscape Architecture Magazine" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/img/3D698BA2-3AE2-44D1-B5F6-E3556393E793" alt="Photo Courtesy American Hydrotech" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://vancouverdailypix.blogspot.com/"><table background="" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>The 21-story Library Square Building office tower houses the eight-story Vancouver Public Library and a retail/daycare complex. 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