Framlab proposes modular vertical farms for Brooklyn neighbourhoods
Creative agency Framlab has proposed building modular vertical farms in Brooklyn to provide low-income neighbourhoods with access to fresh produce. More
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Breathe life into concrete jungles with our flourishing Pinterest boards
As glass buildings claim more of the skyline, architects and designers are cultivating ideas for plant-filled cities. This week's Pinterest boards feature vertical gardens, facades with crawling greenery and potted interiors. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
Discover vertical farming concepts on our new Pinterest board
Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to vertical farms and gardens, including studio Precht's modular housing block with spaces for agriculture and a vertical forest tower designed by Stefano Boeri. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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"We need agriculture back in our cities and in our minds"
Architects have an urgent mission, says Chris Precht, to bring food production back into the centre of our cities. More
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Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms
Architecture studio Precht has developed a concept for modular housing where residents produce their own food in vertical farms. More
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Plantagon designs office block containing a 60-metre-high urban farm
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal for an office tower that doubles as a vertical farm, by Swedish architecture firm Plantagon. More
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IKEA lab Space10 creates pop-up hydroponic farm for growing extra-healthy salads
IKEA's innovation lab Space10 presented a pop-up farm during this year's London Design Festival, growing tiny greens that were used to prepare 2,000 nutritional salads. More
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Vertical farm designed to produce food amidst Shanghai's skyscrapers
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative series investigates a design for a hydroponic vertical farm nestled among the skyscrapers of Shanghai. More
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Sasaki designs hydroponic vertical farm for Shanghai
Architecture firm Sasaki has designed a hydroponic vertical farm for Shanghai, where leafy greens will be grown on rotating loops housed in a huge greenhouse. More
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Modular farm tower for sites across Africa wins international skyscraper competition
Polish designers Pawel Lipiński and Mateusz Frankowski have envisioned a conceptual high-rise building that would act as a vertical farm, able to be disassembled and moved to different locations across sub-Saharan Africa. More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour tackles global food crisis with vertical farm concept
London firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed details of a concept for a bamboo-framed vertical farm that could provide an alternative to traditional land-intensive farming. More
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Spark designs model for Asian retirement communities that double as city farms
World Architecture Festival 2015: architecture firm Spark has unveiled its concept for "the next generation of retirement housing" – a community of homes and health facilities combined with a vertical urban farm (+ slideshow). More
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Pasona Urban Farm by Kono Designs
Tomato vines suspended over conference tables and broccoli fields in the reception are part of working life at this Japan office by Kono Designs (+ slideshow). More
