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Kengo Kuma and Edition hotels create “oasis at the heart of the city” in Tokyo

December 7, 2022 Benedict Hobson 0

Hospitality brand Edition has teamed up with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to create a luxury hotel filled with plants in the Toranomon district of Tokyo, Japan. Occupying the upper floors of a high-rise building in the Tokyo business district of Toranomon, the 206-room hotel is the first outpost in Japan for the Edition brand, which

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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils Vertical Forest towers for Dubai

November 8, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has adapted its Vertical Forest concept for a pair of skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be covered in thousands of trees. Revealed by Stefano Boeri Architetti yesterday at the COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the project comprises two tapering towers at 190 and 150 metres tall.

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Rollimarchini Architects wraps Vietnamese factory in plant-covered facades

November 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Facades at this factory in an industrial park near Ho Chi Minh City are filled with layers of greenery that provide shelter from the rain and sun, as well as helping to purify the air. The factory was designed by Switzerland-based Rollimarchini Architects and global firm G8A Architects for a Swiss company called Jakob Rope

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Weathered-steel staircase wraps plant-filled atrium at Midtown Workplace by Cox Architecture

October 21, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Weathered-steel balconies with cascading plants wrap the skylit atrium at the centre of this office in Brisbane, refurbished by Australian studio Cox Architecture. Named Midtown Workplace, the office occupies the top nine floors of a development that has been created by merging two separate towers in the Australian capital into a single building. The project

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Planted balconies surround Stories housing in Amsterdam by Olaf Gipser Architects

October 19, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Dutch studio Olaf Gipser Architects has worked with housing cooperative BSH20A to create an apartment block in the Netherlands that aims to provide residents with a “communal, sustainable and healthy urban living” environment. Named Stories, the 47-metre-high tower contains 29 apartments and communal living spaces that overlook the harbour at the former industrial district Buiksloterham.

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BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati complete garden-filled CapitaSpring skyscraper in Singapore

September 27, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studios BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed a 280-metre-tall skyscraper in Singapore designed to offer visitors a “seamless transition between the garden and the city”. Located at the heart of Singapore’s financial district, the 51-storey mixed-use CapitaSpring building incorporates large pockets of greenery that are framed by sculptural facade openings. It was designed

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Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto design “insect hotel” Alusta Pavilion in Helsinki

September 13, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Rugged clay forms the walls of this pavilion in Finland by architects Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto, which aims to provide an urban habitat for pollinators and was featured as part of Helsinki Design Week. Called Alusta Pavilion, the project was installed in the courtyard between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Helsinki Design Museum in

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University of Virginia 3D-prints living soil walls that sprout greenery

September 5, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

University of Virginia 3D-printed soil structures

University of Virginia researchers have invented a method of 3D printing with seed-impregnated soil, which could be used to create walls and roofs teeming with plant life. Prototypes built by the researchers start off looking like ordinary raw-earth structures. But over the course of a few days, they sprout and become covered in greenery, leading

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51 Large Planters to Upgrade Your Plant Game

August 30, 2022 HD Staff 0

Are your favorite houseplants outgrowing their pots? Are you thinking about investing in an indoor tree or other oversized plant? It might be time to upgrade your planter selection! In this post, we’ve collected attractive planters for every style. From beautiful handmade ceramic planters to lightweight plastic planters, from fun rustic designs to timeless traditional […]

Cooking Sections and Sakiya explore importance of non-human species in joint exhibition

August 18, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Turner Prize-nominated art duo Cooking Sections and Palestinian research collective Sakiya have created an exhibition in Edinburgh called In the Eddy of the Stream, which reevaluates the significance of plants and other organisms in our ecosystems. The multimedia show is on display at the Inverleith House of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as part of

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