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. Citicape House will be wrapped by a facade of 400,000 plants that are hoped to “capture over eight tonnes of carbon and produce six tonnes of oxygen” annually. The building […]
Architecture practice MVRDV has unveiled designs for a residential development in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands, with green walls formed of shelves of plants. Together with their co-architect Van Boven Architecten, the Dutch practice has developed Green Villa for property developer Stein to sit in a corner site on the southern edge of the town. The three-storey […]
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. Writer’s Shed is tucked into the corner of the garden at the writer’s home, in Melbourne‘s suburban southeast. Taking up just 10 square metres, the small building offers its owner […]