A roof garden is any garden on the roof of a building.
A roof garden on top of Chicago City Hall.
The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba, with a view of the turrets of the Catedrál de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.
Vertical facade that is free from the supports
Long horizontal sliding windows
Roof gardens An innovative urban planner, Corbusier anticipated the role of the automobile and envisioned cities with big apartment buildings in park-like settings.
Brick is used in walls which enclose the terraces or roof gardens on the top of each house. The brick is locally made and laid in a decorative pattern which leaves holes for ventilation. [hide description]
See also ...
 See also: House, Ground, Architecture, Profile, Terra
  
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