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Ingenhoven Architects wraps Düsseldorf office with five miles of hedges to create Europe’s largest green facade

May 4, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Kö-Bogen II office in Düsseldorf by Ingenhoven Architects is covered with five miles of hedges

Ingenhoven Architects has covered the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, Germany, with 30,000 plants to form hedges that would stretch five miles laid end to end. Located on the Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz in the Hofgarten district of the city, the office five-storey office occupies a prominent position alongside the 1950s Dreischeibenhaus tower and opposite the 1960s

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Stairs Carve A Path Through This Minimalist Japanese House

March 30, 2020 Erin 0

Photography by Daici Ano Architecture firm Nendo has designed a minimalist house in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, that has stairs traveling from the exterior to the interior. Designed as a home for two families, the layout of the house is split, with the lower level for an older couple, while the two upper […]

Tropical plants cover the balconies of Chicland hotel in Vietnam

January 13, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

Concrete balconies filled with tropical plants cover the Chicland hotel in Danang, Vietnam, designed by Vo Trong Nghia – the Dezeen Awards 2019 architect of the year. Overlooking the sea on the coastal road of Vo Nguyen Giap, every room of the 21-storey hotel has its own tropical garden. Along with 129 bedrooms, the slim

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MIA Design Studio covers Vietnamese home with protruding planters

December 28, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Cuboid planters containing trees and shrubs protrude from the elevations of this home in Saigon, Vietnam, designed by MIA Design Studio. Called Sky House, the house was designed by MIA Design Studio to create a sense of being close to nature within its busy urban surroundings. The living spaces of the three-storey home are set back

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Planted terraces overlook the sea at the Grand Park Hotel by 3LHD

December 1, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

The Grand Park Hotel in Rovinj, Croatia, is topped with a series of planted terraces that step down towards the Adriatic Sea. Designed by local practice 3LHD, with interiors by Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni, the hotel has been designed to step down from the town centre to the seafront while having a minimal impact

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Vo Trong Nghia plants fruit trees on the roof of a house in Vietnam

November 17, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Thang House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects

Recycled water from a ground-floor fish pond is used to nourish fruit trees on the roof of a house in Danang City, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects. Formed from brick and stone boxes stacked around a green courtyard, Thang House is the latest in the practice’s House for Trees series. Vo Trong Nghia Architects

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Heatherwick Studio reveals 1,000 Trees nearing completion in Shanghai

November 12, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

New photos of 1,000 Trees by Heatherwick Studio near completion in China

Heatherwick Studio has released photography of its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai, which has had its scaffolding removed. Split across two sites beside the city’s M50 arts district, 1,000 Trees will be two mountain-like peaks that contain a mix of retail, offices, eateries, event venues and galleries. The latest images unveiled by Heatherwick Studio

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Perforated brick facade shades a house in Vietnam with a triple-height atrium

November 7, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

A house in Vietnam by Khuôn Studio is built around a triple-heigh atrium filled with plants and shaded by a perforated facade of grey brick. House for a Daughter in Ho Chi Minh City is split into two zones, one for a family who will frequently visit the house and another for their daughter who

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Greenery is often “sole legitimisation” for unsustainable buildings says Céline Baumann

October 31, 2019 India Block 0

Plants will be used to greenwash developments until landscape architecture is given a bigger role in urban planning says French landscape architect Céline Baumann. Baumann, whose work is one of 40 visions for the future of architecture currently on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, warned that plants on buildings are often

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Product Of The Week: An Unusual Sculptural Flower

October 27, 2019 HD Staff 0

If you haven’t heard of Romanesco broccoli, you are in for a treat. One of nature’s closest approximations of a fractal, this supercool flower is edible art. Get the seeds on Amazon. Recommended Reading: 32 Beautiful Indoor House Plants That Are Also Easy To Maintain