Sustainable Tower | Design Indaba
“The Bionic Arch by Vincent Callebaut Architects proposes a multi-purpose sustainable tower for the Taichung Gateway City in Taiwan”
This would be amazing
Source: designindaba.com
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The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Green-Roof. The grasses in the wind looks pretty awesome.
Source: urbangreens
Milan’s Vertical Forest | greenmuze.com
“The Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) was designed by Stefan Boeri Architects as part of their BioMilano vision to incorporate 60 abandoned farms into a greenbelt surrounding the city. The Bosco Verticale building has a green façade planted with dense forest systems to provide a building microclimate and to filter out polluting dust particles. The living bio-canopy also absorbs CO2, oxygenates the air, moderates extreme temperatures and lowers noise pollution, providing aesthetic beauty and lowering living costs.”
Source: greenmuze.com
“International design practice aedas has completed ‘18 kowloon east’, a 28-storey mixed-use building in Kowloon, China. Seeking to balance out the heavily industrialized blocks making up the site, the design features a multi-storey green base that provides a ‘greening effect’ within the neighbourhood.”
Source: designboom.com
Green Machine: ‘Vertical street’ collects rainwater
The world’s first “vertical street” will soon be built in Melbourne, Australia. Every sixth floor of the 35-storey building will have gardens capable of growing trees up to 10 metres tall and the entire building will be boasting the very latest in green technology.
Source: newscientist.com
Carey Jones’s Vauxhall Cross Eco-Tower
Source: urbangreens
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Midtown Tower proposal for Manhattan by Diller, Scofidio & Renfro
[h/t Mike B]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbyp6z5Fg1qzt7kko1_500.png)
Midtown Tower proposal for Manhattan by Diller, Scofidio & Renfro
[h/t Mike B]
Source: urbangreens
Uber-Eco-Towers: The Top Ten Green Skyscrapers | EcoGeek.com
“Green skyscrapers offer so much for the average EcoGeek to drool over. Each one can contain hundreds of innovations that make the world a cleaner place, they build up, rather than out, and many of them are frikkin gorgeous.”
via urbangreens: thatmatthew
Source: itsmtthw
Dragonfly Vertical Farm » inhabitat
“Modeled after the wings of a dragonfly, this incredible urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island intends to ease the problems of food mileage and shortage, and reconnect consumers with producers. Spanning 132 floors and 600 vertical meters, the Dragonfly would accommodate 28 different agricultural fields for the production of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat and dairy. A combination of solar and wind power make Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s Dragonfly concept %100 self sufficient.”
Source: urbangreens
another view of the roof gardens on Chicago’s City Hall
from io9.com
Source: urbangreens
Escaper by Sohta Mori and Yuichiro Minato
from the eVolo 2008 Skyscraper Competition
Source: urbangreens
