“living wall”
Greenworks’ Green Screen Brings a Lush Living Wall into any Sullen Space
The folks at Greenworks are best known for livening interior spaces with their living plant walls. But if an entire wall covered in vegetation is not viable in your space, the company now offers smaller
Live Screen: A Modular Vertical Garden That Adds Patches of Green to Your Interior
Inspired by the concept of living walls, designer Danielle Trofe created Live Screen, a sculptural, self-irrigating planter system, comprised of tiered, organic-shaped pods that can house many forms of
(fer) Studio Unveils a Green Vision for Downtown Inglewood, California
Inglewood has seen better days, but a grand scheme by local architecture firm (fer) Studio could dramatically enliven the downtown area. Vertical gardens, green roofs, and an altered urban fabric with a
Patrick Blanc’s Vertical Gardens
Vertical Wall on Jean Nouvel’s Musée du quai Branly Plants have found a home on walls for centuries, but are sometimes incongruous with architecture, often breaking down the structural integrity of
Biozotea’s Verdant Vertical Garden in Mexico
Green roofs and living walls are still incipient elements of the urban landscape in Monterrey, Mexico, a city with extreme temperatures (from 110°F in the summer and -30°F in the winter). This project,
Gargantuan Living Wall with 10,000 Plants Completed in Canada
While it’s not the largest living wall in North America, this vertical garden is certainly one of the most beautiful and diverse vertical gardens out there. With 10,000 individual plants
Largest Green Wall in North America to be Unveiled Tomorrow!
Longwood Gardens is set to unveil North America’s largest green wall installation tomorrow! The extraordinary vegetated wall is installed at the historic garden’s new East Conservatory Plaza. The
A Living Brick that Supports Building Structure and Plant Life
Two students experimented with a mixture of soil and cement trying to create a brick that would be strong enough to keep its form, but also be porous enough to support plant life. Their idea, dubbed the
“Living” Wallpaper by High-Low Tech Monitors Your Environment
Shhh…the walls are listening, or rather, the wallpaper is. Soon to be on display at the Fuller Craft Museum just south of Boston, Living Wall by High-Low Tech is an interactive wallpaper that can be
LIFEWALL: Modular Vertical Garden Panels Clean the Air
Creating vertical gardens just got a whole lot easier thanks to these modular garden tiles by Spanish firm Ceracasa. Their Lifewall product, which we just saw over at Jetson Green, is a modular tile that
Water-Harvesting Wood Clad Canada Pavilion Designed by Cirque du Soleil
The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is set to kick off in May and construction is nearly completed on the water-harvesting wood-clad Canada Pavilion. The famous acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil had a part in
Replacing Ugly Construction Site Barriers with Beautiful Living Green Walls
Normally at a big construction site, an ugly OSB wall plastered with posters provides a barrier between the site and the rest of the city. Typically thought of as eyesores, these walls are anything but
North America’s Largest Living Wall Installation by PNC
No, we’re not advertising for PNC. But they are – on the side of their headquarters building in downtown Pittsburgh. They recently finished installing what is said to be North America’s
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