Landscaped with green roofs & water features, Butterfly Square looks like a park

Heavily landscaped with green roofs, planting beds, and water features, Butterfly Square was designed to look like an extension of the neighboring park.

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The architects have also embedded solar panels throughout the green roofs to mimic the way butterflies obtain energy from the sun through their wings. Large skylights on the rooftops stream in natural daylight into the terraced residential units. Construction will begin in 2016.

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December 5, 2014 | Categories: Architecture, Best Management Practice, Blue Infrastructure, BMP, Green Architecture, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, GreenRoof, Innovation, Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater, Stormwater Quality, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Water, Water Pollution, Watershed | Tags: Blue Infrastructure, Business, Butterfly Square, City, Environment, Green Infrastructure, Green Roof, Landscape, Landscape Maintenance, Solar Panels, Stormwater, Stormwater Quality, Sustainability, Urban planning, Urban Stormwater, Water Features, Weatherhead Architecture | Leave a comment