The Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre has a green roof – and at 5 acres and 400,000 indigenous plants, it's the largest one in North America.
Roofing Wednesdays: Hundertwasser House
Roofing Wednesdays: St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
St. Stephen's Cathedral is the "mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese" and is considered the most important religious building in Vienna. The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral stands on the ruins of two earlier churches and the roof is made up of 230,000 multi-colored and ornately patterned tiles.
Roofing Wednesdays: Clinic by Hkl Studio
The Asahicho Clinic in Japan was designed with a house-shaped roof to ensure that its elderly patients feel more at home. Architect Hikalu Tanabe of Hkl Studio created a series of triangular arches to look like the gable of a house and help it blend in with the residential homes in the neighborhood.