High-density cities are waking up to the benefits of verdant walls, as the lack of green spaces on the ground are leading to vertical urban gardens running up and down building façades.
A smog-eating tower will soon go up in the Netherlands city of Utrecht. On the outside, 10,000 trees and shrubs — nearly half the amount found in New York's Central Park — will fill the skyscraper's facade, roof, and balconies. Inside, it will feature 200 luxury apartment units, restaurants, a fitness center, and offices.
Architects are touting plant-covered tower blocks as a way to tackle air pollution and improve the quality of urban life. Here are 10 examples
Completed in 2010 in Somalia. Like the INTERFACE building, the building for the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) is situated in the 22@ district. In this case, the...
New York City's urban grid is dense, so when new developments pop up, we root for intelligent and environmentally-positive design that balances out the concrete with a little bit of greenery. Architect Enrique Norten and his NYC-based firm, TEN ARQUITECTOS,
The house is built on one of the 350 plots designated for construction by private builders, which was an initiative of Alderman Adri Duivesteijn in...
Image 19 of 30 from gallery of Properly Breathing House / H&P Architects. Photograph by Nguyen Tien Thanh
