Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Foreword 4 --
Introduction --
Significance of Facade Greening in Architecture and Urban Design 8 --
International Building Greening 12 --
The Garden City Concept versus Vertical Green in Urban Space 16 --
Legislative Initiatives for Greening Buildings in Germany 20 --
Knowledge --
Building Optimisation and Environmental Improvement as Performance Factors 26 --
Facade Greening and Climate Change 30 --
Blue-green Architecture - Water Resources and Vegetation for Buildings --
Architecture as an Ecosystem - Near-natural Design of Facades for Increased Urban Biodiversity 38 --
Green Architecture - Potential of Baubotanik 42 --
Planning --
Facade Greening as a Design Factor 50 --
Design Aspects of Ground and Facade Greening 64 --
Construction Criteria 68 --
Technical Vegetation and Supply Criteria 74 --
Wall-based Guidance for Fire Protection Evaluation of Facade Greening 78 --
Fifth Facade - Roof Greening 82 --
Action --
Project Examples 86 --
Appendix 116 --

Green Architecture -- Potential of Baubotanik -- Planning -- Contents -- Facade Greening as a Design Factor -- Design Aspects of Ground and Wall-based Facade Greening -- Construction Criteria -- Technical Vegetation and Supply Criteria -- Guidance for Facade Greening Fire Safety Evaluation -- Fifth Facade -- Roof Greening -- Action: Project Examples -- Contents -- State Archive Basel-Landschaft in Liestal -- Furniture Store with Hostel in Vienna -- Residential and Commercial Building with Hotel in Freiburg -- Residential Tower in Wabern -- Residential Complex Rooftop Garden in Munich

Office and Commercial Building in Stuttgart -- Office Building in Stavanger -- Appendix -- Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Standards, Glossary -- Subject Index -- Filigree Stainless Steel Structures

Climate change, extreme weather conditions, the degradation of biodiversity, CO2 and fine-dust pollution in cities demand action. How can architecture make a contribution to achieving a paradigm shift? Can architecture not only be designed to be removable and recyclable, but to be additionally green as well? Can architecture also be an ecological system? What is blue-green architecture? Architects face the demand to fully exploit unused potential and find ways to use plants as tools for design. This is both the case in the development of spaces as well as urban environments, but particularly on buildings themselves. "Green Facades" provides architects with the necessary specialist knowledge to competently deal with the living architecture on the building envelope.