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an aerial view of the city with tall buildings and green roof garden in the center

If you knew landscape architect Cornelia Oberlander six years ago and asked her about the Central Library’s rooftop in Vancouver, she would say two things. The first is that Moshe Safdie the …

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an aerial view of a large building with a green roof on it's top

Development will sit kitty-corner to the public library, with Yaletown, theatres and shops nearbyMia StainsbySunPHOTOS BY IAN SMITH/VANCOUVER SUNThe Atelier on Robson tower’s curcular curves will reflect the design on the adjacent Vancouver Public Library and the Westin Grand Hotel.ATELIER ON

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a green roof on top of a building in the middle of a city with tall buildings

In Vancouver, a 1,850-square-metre green roof over the public library’s central branch grows drought-resistant bunchgrass and kinnikinnick. The green roof is in fact part of building’s cooling system and can spare 20 to 50 percent of the air conditioning in the summer. The green roof also helps to retain around two-thirds of rainfall, which then filter down to ground-level storm systems.

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