Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Announces Awards of Excellence Winners

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities announced the winners the 2010 Green Roof and Wall Awards of Excellence.

Jeffrey L. Bruce, chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, announced the winners in the lead-up to CitiesAlive: 8th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference and Trade Show, which will be held Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

“Since 2003, the Awards of Excellence have defined the leading edge of innovation for green roofs,” said Bruce. “The class of 2010 demonstrates the universal acceptance of green roofs and walls as an important green infrastructure tool in North America with dozens of monumental, highly-visible projects. With an exceptionally competitive program this year winners should be proud of their accomplishments in challenging the boundaries of the industry.”

The awards will be presented at the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel in Vancouver on Dec. 2 at the Awards Luncheon.

This year’s award winners are:

Green Walls: Diamond and Schmitt Architects, the Camilla and Peter Dalglish Atrium at the Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington, Ontario, Canada)

Green Roof—Intensive Industrial/Commercial: FXFOWLE Architects, 250 Hudson Street (New York City)

Green Roof—Extensive Institutional: PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc., Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project (Vancouver)

Green Roof—Extensive Residential: McGlashan Architecture, Mill Valley Hillside (Mill Valley, Calif.)

Green Roof—Intensive Institutional: Conservation Design Forum, ASLA Headquarters Green Roof (Washington, D.C.)

Green Roof—Intensive Residential: GGLO, ASA Flats+Lofts (Portland, Ore.)

Green Roof—Extensive Industrial/Commercial: Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc., ESRI Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Green Roof—Special Recognition: The Kestrel Design Group Inc. and Sika Sarnafil, Target Center (Minneapolis)

Source: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities