Design experiment examines safety of food grown in urban vertical gardens
Interior architecture firm Annvil has brought together a team of urban planners, designers, environmentalists and...
Midcentury warehouse becomes a community-building asset in Mexico City
In a bid to sustainably create more inclusive and connective space in Mexico City, local architecture practice...
Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm can grow 20 tons of food annually
Organic urban agriculture, renewable energy and beautiful landscaping come together at the Thammasat University...
Conceptual eco-village empowers women in Beirut
In a bid to advance gender equity in Lebanon, Beirut-based Anastasia Elrouss Architects has proposed the Vertical...
LEED Platinum Akademeia High School caters to millennials
When Medusa Group Architects was tasked to design a high school in Warsaw, the Polish interdisciplinary...
Check out Glasir, the tree-shaped urban farming solution
In a bid to revolutionize agriculture, New York City and Bergen-based innovation studio Framlab has proposed...
myfood’s smart greenhouses can grow nearly 900 pounds of produce a year
At CES 2020, French startup myfood presented a smart greenhouse that it says can grow up to 400 kilograms (880...
Kuehn Malvezzi tops a brick office building in Germany with an energy-efficient greenhouse
In the historic center of Oberhausen, Berlin-based architectural firm Kuehn Malvezzi has created a job center topped...
Carbon-neutral, prefab development targets sustainable urbanism for Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven area
In a bid to revitalize the area of Rijnhaven, a Rotterdam port dating back to 1895, Blueroom and Urban Crossovers...
First Smart Forest City in Mexico will be 100% food and energy self-sufficient
Milan-based architecture firm Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled innovative designs for a nature-infused smart...
SCAD students fight food insecurity in Georgia with organic farming and beekeeping
For a break from schoolwork, students at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) have been swapping their...
Studio NAB proposes rebuilding Notre Dame with a greenhouse and apiary
After a devastating blaze consumed the Cathedral of Notre Dame’s wooden roof and iconic central spire, architects...
SUPERFARM design envisions an urban vertical farm that is energy self-sufficient
French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population...
The LEED Gold-seeking Edible Academy teaches urban farming in NYC
New York-based architecture firm Cooper Robertson and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (MNLA) recently completed...
Can vertical farming feed the world and change the agriculture industry?
Year after year, cities expand and pristine natural habitats are turned into farms and pastures to support the...
Vincent Callebaut’s Arboricole tower brings vertical agriculture to the city
Vincent Callebaut Architectures, known for green projects that combine smart building with advanced renewable energy...
Plantagon’s crowdfunded ‘plantscraper’ aims to produce 500 metric tons of food a year
Swedish company Plantagon believes that ‘plantscrapers' are the way of the future—and part of the solution...
Technicolor greenhouse in Tokyo puts on a pulsating light show when plants are touched
Although dancing in a greenhouses would be inappropriate in most cases, the fun Digital Vegetables installation...
World’s first solar-powered, indoor vertical farm sprouts in Philadelphia
Future-farming experts Metropolis Farms have opened the world's first solar powered, indoor vertical farm in the...
New Orleans golf course transformed into city’s biggest urban farm with an Eco-Campus
A former golf course in New Orleans' City Park has been transformed into the city's biggest urban farm—Grow Dat...
IKEA’s SPACE10 lab is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to London
Ever wondered what the future of food looks like? IKEA’s SPACE10 lab is working on making food production smarter...
Edible schoolyards sprout across war-torn Syria
As Syria's civil war continues into its sixth year, millions remain in the divided, war-torn country. To meet basic...
Shanghai is planning a massive 100-hectare vertical farm to feed 24 million people
International architecture firm Sasaki just unveiled plans for a spectacular 100-hectare urban farm set amidst...
Incredible rooftop farm takes over Israel’s oldest mall to grow thousands of organic vegetables
An amazing farm has sprouted in an unlikely place—the rooftop of Israel’s oldest mall in the heart of Tel Aviv....
America’s first urban ‘agrihood’ feeds 2,000 households for free
When you think of Detroit, 'sustainable' and 'agriculture' may not be the first two words that you think of. But...
Terraces Home combines architecture with urban agriculture in Vietnam
True to its name, the Terraces Home features a terraced rooftop with planting beds and wooden surfaces. The terraces...
Farm 360 in Indianapolis grows veggies with 100% renewable energy and 90% less water
Farm 360's hydroponic growing system relies on an array of thousands of energy-efficient LED lights which bathe...
The White House Garden is here to stay
The United States is now in the final stretch of its exceptionally long, extremely strange 2016 presidential election....
9 questions with eco architect William McDonough on the future of agriculture
We’re excited about urban farming here at Inhabitat, and we’ve been following the work of green architect William...
Rooftop wheat fields elevate Chicago’s urban farming scene to exciting new heights
The would-be wheat farm is atop a landmark building that once housed the Polish National Alliance but now serves...