The conference was held at the offices of Allen & Overy in., the big glass building behind the rather nice tent.
Can you see us? We sat on the podium while Cath told the audience of about 150 people all about how we managed to do our roof.
The conference handbook told you all about everyone who was going to speak and what they were speaking about.
All the 'delegates' (that's fancy speak for the people who paid to go and listen), got a special bag that had lots of information and things in it. The front pocket was very handy for us!
We were pleased to be able to have a chat with Peter (Peter C. Lowitt, Chairman of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, North America). they have lots of green roofs there.
We were also pleased to spend some time on the exhibitors stand with the Environment Agency. They are 'the Environment Agency. It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations.We are the Environment Agency. It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations.'
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/444304/502508/1506471/1506565/1506766/?lang=_e
We got cake as well as conversation!
London is full of weird and wonderful buildings...we thought we'd better take the opportunity to go look at some of them...
This funny shaped glass one in the background is called 'The Gherkin' can you guess why?
(google images)
The building was designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Lord Foster and ex-partner Ken Shuttleworth and Arup engineers, and was constructed
by Skanska of Sweden between 2001 and 2004. However, despite Foster taking complete credit for the design, industry insiders[citation needed] advise that Shuttleworth, who later founded his own design studio, MAKE, was the primary source of the radical and innovative design of the structure. (wikipedia)
We also saw this building by another famous architect...Richard Rogers.
(wikipedia image) The Lloyd's Building (with 'The Gherkin' in the background) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England.
It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis were the management contractor for the scheme.[1] Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK .(wikipedia)
After those big buildings we also got to visit the house of Justin of Bere Architect's. The house is called 'The Muse' and it has got 3 different green roofs and also a garden on the first floor like our terraces. The house has a swimming pool (a long narrow one), we don't have one of those. See link for more information.
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