Comments on: Athenaeum Hotel’s Eight-story Green Wall http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/31/athenaeum-hotels-eight-story-green-wall/ Connecting the Built & Natural Environments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tyson F. Gautreaux http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/31/athenaeum-hotels-eight-story-green-wall/#comment-1182 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:57:52 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=2784#comment-1182 Hello I am so delighted I found your blog, I really found you by mistake, while I was looking on Yahoo for something else, Anyways I am here now and would just like to say thanks for a tremendous post and a all round entertaining blog (I also love the theme/design). I don’t have time to read it all at the moment but I have bookmarked it and also added your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read more, Please do keep up the great work.

]]> By: l4la http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/31/athenaeum-hotels-eight-story-green-wall/#comment-566 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:07:50 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=2784#comment-566 “Asian nettles? Did anyone think about what would happen if they turn out to be well adapted?”
i wonder a bit, too. But, if this species requires the (lower) wall’s conditions, there are likely no similar conditions nearby.
Unlike california, brit natives should survive irrigation, so I’d expect some of the “260 species” are uk natives. I doubt http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Averticalgardenpatrickblanc.com+hotel will post the species list.

btw, I expect integrated pv to crowd out greenroofs (though not crowd out roof *gardens*), but north-facing “greenwalls” could perhaps buffer some precip runoff, for which greenroofs are touted.

]]> By: Louisa Thompson http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/31/athenaeum-hotels-eight-story-green-wall/#comment-560 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:27:23 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=2784#comment-560 I love the green wall idea, but as usual I see they are planting exotics. Why rare Asian nettles? Did anyone think about what would happen if they turn out to be well adapted? Aren’t there any cliff faces with similar microclimates in Britain?

]]> By: how it grows http://dirt.asla.org/2009/08/31/athenaeum-hotels-eight-story-green-wall/#comment-549 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:40:38 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=2784#comment-549 Can’t wait for my town to get one!

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