Urban Greenery

Dec 04

Greening Guangzhou | cleanerairforcities

Greening Guangzhou | cleanerairforcities

Dec 03

MAD Architects Unveil Urban Forest Skyscraper For China | Inhabitat

“Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed to bring more nature and open space in a dense and compact way. MAD Architects is becoming more known for their sustainable designs, and hopefully the green design aspects of this new tower extend beyond the garden spaces on each floor.”

Read and see more at Inhabitat
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MAD Architects Unveil Urban Forest Skyscraper For China | Inhabitat

“Inspired by mountainous Chinese landscapes and the traditional villages built their hillsides, MAD Architects has unveiled plans to create a towering vertical Urban Forest. Designed for Chongqing, China, the projects consists of a stacked vertical forest set in the heart of the city, designed to bring more nature and open space in a dense and compact way. MAD Architects is becoming more known for their sustainable designs, and hopefully the green design aspects of this new tower extend beyond the garden spaces on each floor.”

Read and see more at Inhabitat

via abcsoupdot

Nov 28

Vertical Farming in British Columbia
Time Magazine names Valcent’s Vertical Farming Technology one of Top 50 Best Innovations of 2009 — City Farmer News

Vertical Farming in British Columbia

Time Magazine names Valcent’s Vertical Farming Technology one of Top 50 Best Innovations of 2009 — City Farmer News

hannahbanena:

Some really good mexican food was consumed here.

Cool plants

hannahbanena:

Some really good mexican food was consumed here.

Cool plants

Green Wall in Mexico City, built by verde 360.

via plantsaretakingover: urbanarbolismo

Green Wall in Mexico City, built by verde 360.

via plantsaretakingover: urbanarbolismo

Nov 27

Forwarding Dallas - Hill-Filled Design | Inhabitat

“Fowarding Dallas,” by Portuguese-based architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov, is a hillside-inspired design that consists of a series of peaks and valleys, runs completely on renewable energy, is covered in vegetation, and can even grow its own food. The coolest part? This mixed-use eco-community won’t just a concept – it will actually be constructed in Dallas in 2011”


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Forwarding Dallas - Hill-Filled Design | Inhabitat

“Fowarding Dallas,” by Portuguese-based architectural firms Atelier Data and Moov, is a hillside-inspired design that consists of a series of peaks and valleys, runs completely on renewable energy, is covered in vegetation, and can even grow its own food. The coolest part? This mixed-use eco-community won’t just a concept – it will actually be constructed in Dallas in 2011”

via 25timesasecond

Nov 25

Submitted by Julia:

Detail of an outdoor living wall installed in Vancouver, Canada, by Green over Grey.
More than 100 species of plants are being used, including many natives to the Pacific Northwest.
See more green wall pictures at greenovergrey.com

Submitted by Julia:

Detail of an outdoor living wall installed in Vancouver, Canada, by Green over Grey.

More than 100 species of plants are being used, including many natives to the Pacific Northwest.

See more green wall pictures at greenovergrey.com

Submitted by Julia:

Detail of an outdoor living wall installed in Vancouver, Canada, by Green over Grey.
More than 100 species of plants are being used, including many natives to the Pacific Northwest.
See more green wall pictures at greenovergrey.com

Submitted by Julia:

Detail of an outdoor living wall installed in Vancouver, Canada, by Green over Grey.

More than 100 species of plants are being used, including many natives to the Pacific Northwest.

See more green wall pictures at greenovergrey.com

Nov 24

Vertical garden in Barrio Santa Cruz, Sevilla, Spain
from tripadvisor.es
via eidesis

Vertical garden in Barrio Santa Cruz, Sevilla, Spain

from tripadvisor.es

via eidesis

Nov 21

Vienna
photo by daokTaR
Beautiful!
via evoke

Vienna

photo by daokTaR

Beautiful!

via evoke

Nov 19

Living Walls from Woolly Pocket
via makdreams: selectic

Living Walls from Woolly Pocket

via makdreams: selectic

Urban Greenery -

A great collection of green roof/wall sites images and information

Hey, thanks for the shout out! (took us long enough to notice it)  Happy to do the same: People and Place - landscapearchitecture.tumblr.com

Nov 18

Midtown Tower proposal for Manhattan by Diller, Scofidio & Renfro
[h/t Mike B]

Midtown Tower proposal for Manhattan by Diller, Scofidio & Renfro

[h/t Mike B]

View of the OHSU tram from Marquam Hill, Portland.  The building with the roof garden from the previous post is at center, left.
Submitted by Ken R.

View of the OHSU tram from Marquam Hill, Portland.  The building with the roof garden from the previous post is at center, left.

Submitted by Ken R.

4th floor roof garden at OHSU building, Portland, OR
Submitted by Ken R.

4th floor roof garden at OHSU building, Portland, OR

Submitted by Ken R.