Office building in Japan has aluminum paneled facade with plants growing through
via Green Cast by Kengo Kuma and Associates - Dezeen
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An art installation of green plants growing on the wall of the building next to the CaixaForum Madrid — a modern art gallery — In Madrid, Spain. The living wall was created by french botanist Patrick Blanc
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5/13/13 #urbanfarm #roof #Brooklyn #farm
The High Line
I can’t love the High Line enough
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House on the outskirts of Brussels with plant-covered wall by French botanical artist Patrick Blanc
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Evigglade submitted:
Vertical green flowering wall Musee du Quai Branly in Paris
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A jungle of bushy ferns and sprouting begonias fills the windows of this Barcelona boutique.
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‘Breathing Architecture’ Exhibition by WOHA
If they can engineer some plants to thrive in this environment, the benefits to city air quality would be tremendous.
via ArchDaily
highviewcreations submitted:
From a recent tour we took of NYC’s Dept of Parks green-roof test plots on the 5-boro building.
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eric submitted:
Just a fun and creative little planter I saw in Brooklyn last night.
vleto submitted:
Al-Azhar Park
Cairo, Egypt
Beautiful! I’ve not seen this park before
Porsche’s New U.S. Headquarters and Customer Experience Center by HOK
This can be a smarter move than covering your roof in solar panels. The startup cost is less (more and more state & local government are expiring their solar panel subsidies), and the heating / cooling savings are quite significant.
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