Category: vegitecture
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Veg.itecture #29
There are a lot of new examples of Veg.itecture, spanning a variety of concepts that are really expanding the idea and breadth of Vegetated Architecture. I’ve also been reading a number of books from stellar Vegitect Ken Yeang, specifically Ecodesign, which is a must-read for anyone interested in holistic ecological design. Look for a review…
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Veg.itecture #28
It’s spring, and there’s been a bumper crop of vegetated architecture examples from around the globe. I’ve been neglecting the posting – and now they’ve piled up into a major collection of projects – and it’s inevitable to be a multi-part series of Veg.itecture posts to get all of the great projects in there. So,…
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Veg.itecture #27
The next installment of the Vegetated Architecture series – with a grab bag of interesting examples. For starters, the announcement that Jean Nouvel’s winning entry for the landmark tower in Paris’s La Defense district (featured in Veg.itecture #18) bested entries by Liebskind, Foster, and others. Some additional images of the project, and a quote via…
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Veg.itecture #26
Some new additions, as well as revisits to some projects featured previously. While I loved the Parti Wall, Hanging Wall concept – I also jested about the vague resemblance to a bath mat in closeups… A significant amount of more detail of the production and installation offers some interesting ideas. :: images via Archinect Definitely…
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Veg.itecture #25
A new crop of Vegetated Architecture from the world – from small to large, vertical to horizontal. For starters, a fav blog A Daily Dose of Architecture, with an archidose featuring one of my fav projects – “Tower Flower” by Edouard François. :: image via Archidose Next I go again to the newish blog _urb_…
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Veg.itecture #24
I decided to clean out the archives of great vegetated architecture – partly from necessity and partly spurred a special Architectural Element feature on Vertical Gardens from A Daily Dose of Architecture and by the recent coverage in the NY Times Design & Living 2008 special mag, featuring the likes of Ann Demeulemeester’s vegetated Seoul…
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Veg.itecture #23
It’s been a wild week – and finally settling down to getting some posts that have been in process finished up and out the door. (That is, before heading back to work 🙂 Although Martha Schwartz would disagree, I’m still betting on vertical and horizontal building greening as a way of redefining landscape architecture for…
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Veg.itecture #22
I’m giving a presentation next week at work about Vegetated Architecture, and spent a good amount of time sifting through some interesting additions, as well as some old favorites from the archives. It is interesting when compiling this information to see how the evolution of the concept has occurred over the very brief amount of…
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Veg.itecture #21
A few choice projects in the realm of Vegetated Architecture. Also, stay tuned for my review of the innaugural issue of GRHCs ‘Living Architecture Monitor’ of which they were kind enough to send me a copy. I perused it on the bus this evening, and it’s definitely one of the better resources out there (more…
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Veg.itecture #20
The schedule at work is heating up with some great projects getting rolling, so the weekend has become the de facto time to compile and sort all of the weeks great projects from the ether. Today is a compilation of the latest Veg.itecture additions. The first project is the Aberdeen Arts Centre by Brisac Gonzalez…