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Roof Gardens:
History, Design, and Construction

by Theodore Osmundson

Roof Gardens does a superb job of chronicling, with photos and descriptions, several hundred roof garden projects throughout North America and worldwide. The discussion of environmental benefits is superficial, but this is still a valuable resource for anyone creating rooftop green spaces.

Reviewed in Environmental Building News March 2000

Retail price: $75.00
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Publisher W. W. Norton & Company 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10110 Phone: 212-354-5500 Toll-free: 800-233-4830 Fax: 212-869-0856 www.wwnorton.com Full list of 8 items from this publisher

Available as: book (hardcover) Length: 320 pages Published: 1998 ISBN: 0393730123 LOC: SB419.5.075 1999

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