This leisure centre in Amsterdam by Dutch architects VenhoevenCS was designed as a fortress covered in plants (+ slideshow). More »

News: Scientists at a Spanish university are developing a new type of concrete that captures rainwater to create living walls of moss and fungi. More »

This narrow townhouse in Lisbon has bushy plants all over its body and a swimming pool on its roof. More »

The deep-framed windows of this office building by French studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes burst through mossy walls and piles of stone beside a 100-year old mansion in Amiens. More »

Plants sprout through the patchwork aluminium facade of this pharmacy and clinic in Japan by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). More »

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana and architects SuperLimão Studio have covered the facade of a São Paulo furniture showroom with thousands of plant-filled vases. More »

A jungle of bushy ferns and sprouting begonias fills the windows of Replay’s Barcelona boutique. More »

We've published a few stories about green walls this week. Here are a few more from the Dezeen archives. See all the stories »

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This house near Brussels by architects Samyn and Partners has a glass wall at the front and a plant-covered wall by French botanical artist Patrick Blanc at the back. More »

The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. More »

Plants adapted to thrive in rocky crevices will take over the facade of this tower for Nantes by French architect Edouard François. More »

Rotterdam studio STAR Strategies + Architecture have photoshopped green walls over images of iconic buildings to poke fun at the way architects believe cladding a building in plants makes it sustainable. More »

A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

This building for Tokyo by Japanese architects Geneto will be cloaked in steel mesh with ivy growing over it. More »