On-iku by Earthscape
Landscape designers Earthscape have opened up their studio in Beppu, Japan, to present their experiments with growing native plants in water from local hot springs. More »
Tag: plants
Flowerbed Hotel by MVRDV
Architects MVRDV have unveiled proposals for a giant greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam with a flower-covered hotel inside. More »
Biome by Samuel Wilkinson
Product designer Samuel Wilkinson has created a miniature garden that works like a living Tamagotchi. More »
Today at Dezeen Platform: JAILmake Studio
Dezeen Space: JAILmake Studio will pack seeds and soil into bricks using their one meter by one metre factory at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today More »
Dezeen archive: green walls
We’ve published a few stories about green walls this week. Here are a few more from the Dezeen archives. See all the stories »
House on the outskirts of Brussels
by Samyn and Partners
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 »
Vertical Living Gallery by Sansiri and Shma
The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. More »
Tour Végétale de Nantes by Edouard François
Plants adapted to thrive in rocky crevices will take over the facade of this tower for Nantes by French architect Edouard François. More »
Steor Spring Collection by Minorpoet
Swings serve as shelves in this Tokyo shop by Japanese designer Hiroaki Matsuyama of Minorpoet. More »
O’ Mighty Green by STAR Strategies + Architecture
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 »
Competition: five copies of Urban Orchard
to be won
Competition: we have teamed up with The Architecture Foundation in London to give away five copies of their book Union Street Urban Orchard, which charts the transformation of a disused London plot into a public garden. More »
Herb by Nick Fraser
London designer Nick Fraser presents these faceted terracotta plant pots at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. More »
Dezeen archive: plants
Dezeen archive: following our story on Offecct’s collection for incorporating plants in design this week here’s a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives featuring plants, flowers and seeds. See all the stories »
Oasis by Claesson Koivisto Rune, Luca Nichetto
Jean-Marie Massaud and Front for Offecct
Stockholm 2011: designers including Claesson Koivisto Rune, Front, Jean-Marie Massaud and Luca Nichetto presented furniture for incorporating plants into office spaces for Swedish brand Offecct at Stockholm Furniture Fair this month. More »
Love Blossoms by Daniel Brown for Mulberry
British digital designer Daniel Brown has created a website for fashion brand Mulberry where users can email a unique image of a flower to their valentine. More »