New York City is looking to use blue to get green. Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed plan relies on environmentally friendly green and blue roofs to prevent storm and wastewater from overflowing into the East and Hudson rivers.
William McDonough is a grand old man in the young field of green architecture. In the 1970s, he built the first “green roof” in America – a corporate headquarters with a meadow on top – and now works on green projects all over the world.
