Rust-red panels of corrugated steel curve around this narrow 14-room hotel in central Tokyo, designed by Kiyoaki Takeda Architects and Staple Studio to reflect the neighbourhood's longstanding culture of "alleyway gardening". More about Plants donated by local residents cover undulating facade of SOIL Nihonbashi
Metal mesh screens for climbing plants form a leafy arbour that shades the interiors of this home in Melbourne, designed by Australian practice Studio Bright. More about Studio Bright shades Melbourne home with metal screens for climbing plants
Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has completed the Wonderwoods Vertical Forest in Utrecht, the Netherlands, a 104-metre-tall mixed-use tower wrapped by balconies supporting hundreds of trees and thousands of plants. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti completes latest Vertical Forest skyscraper in Utrecht
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for a geometric building with angular fan-like facades by Studio Libeskind. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Studio Libeskind's angular plant-covered building in Paris
Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has revealed its design for Fan d'Issy, a geometric building with angular, fan-like facades that will be located in the Paris commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. More about Studio Libeskind unveils mixed-use building with angular plant-covered facades in Paris
The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series looks at Bosco Verticale, the first "vertical forest". More about Boeri Studio's Bosco Verticale was the most significant building of 2014
UK Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled renderings of an office tower to be built in Hollywood with a series of spiralling terraces wrapped around its exterior. More about Foster + Partners designs Hollywood offices with spiralling plant-covered terraces
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a "garden hotel" in Singapore designed by architecture studio WOHA. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "ambitious" green hotel in Singapore
Architecture studio WOHA has created a "garden hotel" in Singapore with planted and pool terraces cut into the building's rectangular form. More about WOHA cuts garden terraces supported by green columns into Pan Pacific Orchard hotel
In 2023 biophilic architecture has bloomed on Pinterest. We round up 10 projects from our plant-covered buildings board which feature an abundance of nature. More about Ten beautifully biophilic buildings from Dezeen's Pinterest
UK architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design for its first public library, a plant-covered building in Columbia, Maryland. More about Heatherwick Studio designs Columbia public library as "new type of community centre"
Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India, that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. More about Villa KD45 is a concrete house in Delhi with a plant-covered roof
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has revealed the Oasis Towers development in Nanjing, China, which is comprised of two L-shaped skyscrapers with angular cliff-like facades. More about MVRDV unveils pair of skyscrapers with "stratified cliff" facades
Placing greenery and trees on buildings is not a passing fad, says designer Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. More about "Trees aren't a novelty" says Thomas Heatherwick
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a plant-covered building in Silicon Valley by Kengo Kuma. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a plant-covered building by Kengo Kuma
Construction has begun on Park Habitat, a plant-covered building in Silicon Valley that was designed by Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates with a green atrium at its centre. More about Kengo Kuma breaks ground on plant-covered Silicon Valley building with "green lung"
Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a plant-covered building called Timber House as part of a developement on Toronto's waterfront that will include buildings by Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen. More about Adjaye Associates designs mass-timber building covered in plants for Toronto's waterfront
US firm Studio Vural has conceived a mixed-use skyscraper covered with Asian lilies as a "powerful image" to promote low-energy design. More about Studio Vural envisions Manhattan tower draped in colourful flowers
Dezeen teamed up with Italian architecture studio Stefano Boeri Architetti to host a live talk marking the launch of Stefano Boeri's book exploring the relationship between nature and architecture. More about Watch our live talk with Stefano Boeri about his new book Green Obsession
Tenants have moved into Italian architect Stefano Boeri's Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, the first of his vertical forest towers to open in China. More about First vertical forest towers by Stefano Boeri open in China