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Green roof at Stensgar Pavilion at Circling Raven Golf Club
08.10.2009 Mithun, In The News, Project Updates
The green roof of the Stensgar Pavilion at Circling Raven Golf Course in Coeur d’Alene is featured in The Spokesman-Review:
In San Francisco, where Mithun also has an office, city leaders encourage green roofs to mitigate lost wildlife habitat. Patches of rooftop vegetation provide resting spots for birds migrating along the Pacific Coast Flyway. Rooftop gardens also are seen as a vehicle for halting declines in San Francisco’s bee population, [Roger Gula, Mithun Architect] said.
Green roofs pack the most benefits in highly urban areas, said architectural designer Burton Yuen, who also works for Mithun. The plants absorb rain and snowmelt, which means building owners spend less money capturing stormwater runoff.
Continue reading on Spokesman.com. Also, get a better look at the Mithun-designed Stensgar Pavilion at minute 5 in the Circling Raven Golf Club video on Youtube.
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