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 SĂ£o 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
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Edouard François creates plant-covered housing block to disperse seeds across Paris
Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More
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Ambulance station by Architectenforum features plant-covered walls and a curved roof
This ambulance station in the Dutch town of Zeist features a curved wooden framework and sloping walls covered with climbing plants to help it blend into its woodland setting (+ slideshow). More
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Triptyque proposes plant-covered Tropical Tower for SĂ£o Paulo
French-Brazilian firm Triptyque Architecture has designed a residential skyscraper covered in vegetation for São Paulo. More
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Triptyque overhauls 1970s office tower in Rio to make it more environmentally friendly
French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity (+ movie). More
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Vo Trong Nghia Architects plans leaning, plant-covered towers for Bac Ninh city hall
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has designed a city hall for the Vietnamese city of Bac Ninh comprising a pair of planted towers, which lean together at the centre to frame a series of elevated viewing decks (+ slideshow). More
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Buildings in bloom feature on Dezeen's updated plants Pinterest board
Jean Nouvel has completed a tower with foliage bursting out of perforated walls and wide balconies, so we've added this and more verdant architecture to our Pinterest board dedicated to plants. It also includes Vo Trong Nghia's hotel with hanging gardens on its facades and a foliage-strewn house near Brussels by French botanical artist Patrick Blanc.
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Jean Nouvel's Cyprus tower has plants bursting through its walls
French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel has built a tower block in Nicosia, Cyprus, featuring perforated walls and wide balconies that are both bestrewn with plants (+ slideshow). More
