Urban Zeal Planters Add Green Life to Boring Walls
Living walls have been exploding in popularity over the last couple of years, but if you’re baffled about how to create one of your own, Urban Zeal planters are like vertical gardens for dummies.
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Patrick Blanc Unveils New Vertical Garden at the Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom Stilwerk
The opening of Jean Nouvel’s latest project, Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom Stilwerk has been met with much fanfare, and as we read through the reviews we saw another famous name that caught our eye.
R&Sie Architects Design a Living Green House Lost in Paris Fed By 300 Glass-Blown Pods
Can’t decide on a green roof or a vertical garden? No problem, just do both! R&Sie Architects designed the aptly-named ‘Lost in Paris‘ house for an ‘urban witch’ who
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
Living Green Curtain Made of Morning Glories
If you’re in the market for green curtains you could certainly buy some made of organic cotton, but we recently saw an option on Tokyo Green Space that seems a lot cooler. This living curtain is
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,
Gorgeous Green Wall Adorns Palm Beach Shopping Center
Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida, is now home to the city’s first living wall: an 840 square foot vertical green masterpiece adorning the exterior wall of Saks Fifth Avenue. The wall has been
Yard-Scraper Seeks to Change the Face of Brooklyn Sustainably
Brooklyn is well known for its magnificent brownstones and tree lined streets, and compared to its Manhattan counterpart, it tends to stick with lower-height buildings. But a group of architects see
Organic Building in Osaka is Clad with Plant-Filled Pockets
Space is limited in densely packed Japan meaning there is hardly any room remaining for garden space – but one great solution to this constraint is to place gardens right on the exteriors of
Cleaved Apartment Complex in London Creates Its Own Garden Views
Studio Seilern Architects turned a challenge into an opportunity when they designed the Whitehorse Street Apartments for an urban infill lot in London. Located on Whitehorse Street in the prestigious
READER TIP: Andrea Salvini’s Lush Green Walled Sustainable Neighborhood
New York-based architect Andrea Salvini‘s latest project is a lush green, mixed-use residential development on nearly 12 acres in the province of Caserta, Italy. Called simply “The Sustainable
Pre-Packaged Vertical Gardens Give a Green Glow to Urban Spaces
We live in a world where pre-packaged items have begun blur the lines between what is natural and what is not. So why should our outdoor gardens be any different? Taking note of the lack of green spaces
Portland to Get 250ft Vertical Garden With Vegetated Fins
Vertical gardens are nothing new — avid readers of Inhabitat may even remember PNC Bank’s announcement that it completed North America’s largest living wall back in September — but
Singapore’s Largest Garden Project to Sprout Solar Supertrees
Grant Associates recently won an international design competition to plan the largest garden project ever to be constructed in Singapore, the Marina South Gardens. The structure, which is inspired by the
Pyramid Farm is a Vision of Vertical Agriculture for 2060
The Pyramid Farm is an incredible concept for the future of agriculture envisioned by professors Eric Ellingsen and Dickson Despommier. The design is based on the growing belief (is it fact yet?) that
Marc Koehler’s IJburg House Proves That Square is Cool
The residents of IJburg (pronounced “i” burg) – a quiet Amsterdam suburb that sits on artificial islands along the IJ river – have a new, flashy neighbor, but we doubt that anyone
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