IKEA reveals plans for car-free store wrapped in greenery
More than 100 trees will adorn the gridded facade of IKEA's city-centre Vienna Westbahnhof store, which will have no car parking spaces. More
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Tropical plants cover the balconies of Chicland hotel in Vietnam
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. More
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Europe's largest green wall "will absorb eight tonnes of pollution annually" in London
Sheppard Robson has unveiled the mixed-use Citicape House in London that will have the "largest living wall in Europe" to help improve local air quality. More
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Greenery is often "sole legitimisation" for unsustainable buildings says Céline Baumann
Plants will be used to greenwash developments until landscape architecture is given a bigger role in urban planning says French landscape architect Céline Baumann.
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Green wall cascades down K11 Musea shopping centre in Hong Kong
K11 Musea is a shopping centre on the Tsim Sha Tsui harbour-front in Hong Kong, designed by an architecture team led by Kohn Pedersen Fox. More
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Living facade of plant pots will cover Green Villa by MVRDV in the Netherlands
Architecture practice MVRDV has unveiled designs for a residential development in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands, with green walls formed of shelves of plants. More
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Writer's Shed is a tiny garden studio in Melbourne covered in ivy
Ivy creates a green camouflage across the walls of this garden studio, designed by Melbourne architect Matt Gibson for a writer based in the city. More
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Plant curtain drapes over Breathing House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has covered the roof and facade of Breathing House in Ho Chi Minh City with a canopy of climbing plants to create private outdoor spaces. More
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Paris stadium to be covered with greenery in bid to become Olympic venue
SCAU is set to cover the Clamart stadium in Paris with verdant foliage, as part of a renovation that will be completed in time for the Olympic Games in 2024. More
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Naturehumaine enlivens mid-century Montreal house with plant-covered wall
A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. More
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10 plant-covered buildings that point to a greener future
Architects are touting plant-covered tower blocks as a way to tackle air pollution and improve the quality of urban life. From one of the world's tallest living walls to an entire "vertical forest" city in China, here are 10 examples showing the rise of verdant architecture. More
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Stefano Boeri designs "vertical forest" city to eat up China's smog
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China's Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution. More
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Kengo Kuma reveals plant-covered Eco-Luxury Hotel for Paris
Plants will spill out between the overlapping wooden blocks that make up the facade of this hotel, which Kengo Kuma & Associates has unveiled for a site on the left bank of Paris' river Seine. More
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Jean Nouvel designs plant-covered hotel for historic district of São Paulo
Ateliers Jean Nouvel has released new renderings for its plant-covered luxury hotel adjoining a former maternity hospital in São Paulo, which will feature interiors by Philippe Starck. More
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Herzog & de Meuron uses staggered floors to create plant-covered terraces at Beirut tower
Staggered floor plates and set-back glazing create large planted terraces around this 119-metre tower by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which overlooks Beirut's marina. More
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Stefano Boeri envisions entire cities filled with tree-covered skyscrapers
Our first Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video explores Italian architect Stefano Boeri's radical proposals to build "forest cities" to combat urban pollution. More
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Stefano Boeri reveals plans for tree-covered towers in Nanjing
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a "vertical forest" in China, a pair of towers covered with trees and trailing plants in the centre of Nanjing. More
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10 plant-filled homes from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that bring the outside in
Glazed atriums, walls covered in flowers and indoor courtyards filled with trees feature in this week's roundup of popular homes from Pinterest, which focuses on home interiors that integrate plants. More
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MIA Design Studio envelopes Vietnam house in plant-covered walls and courtyards
Plant-lined courtyards separate the three single-storey volumes that form this family home designed by MIA Design Studio for a coastal city in Vietnam. More
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Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More
