Category: vegitecture
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Veg.itecture: #19
aka. The Pooktre Vegitectural Prize AwardedWell, all the lobbying for Jean Nouvel as one of the pre-emininent Veg.itects of our time has paid off with the recent announcement that he was recently awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2008. While not as prestigious as aforementioned PVP, congrats are in order all the same. :: image…
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Trend-Spotting: Living Walls
It’s official – green walls are the next BIG thing. Ok, we already knew that – but one reason I say this now? While coverage in the glossy design magazines is one thing, showing up on CNN.com is a good sign of a trend both spotted and confirmed. What’s next? People magazine profiling Patrick Blanc?…
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Veg.itecture #18
A significant number of Vegetated Architecture examples with facade and rooftop greening strategies. I hope no one suffers from sensory overload with this weekends dual Veg.itecture posts, so without further ado, the projects:I spotted this project by Veg.itect Jean Nouvel via Dezain for the “Building C1” in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and it was a pretty interesting…
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Veg.itecture #17
There seems to be a significant backlog of Vegetated Architecture examples I will catch up on in the upcoming week. For this version, we will focus on a typology that we featured previously, some abstracted and representational vegetation forms in buildings and artwork. These span incorporation into building structure and form – as well as…
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Veg.itecture @ 16
I may have finally tapped out the well in creative titles for Vegetated Architecture. A few times warrant some more significant coverage of one project, but for the most part the groups are a someone random assortment of projects that are given a little thread of narrative to tie them loosely together. There have been…
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From the Rooftop: Varietals
Along with walls, rooftops are the logical frontier of landscape intervention, and although many terms are thrown around to both tantalize and confuse the novice and expert alike. For instance, you will notice my own use of the terms ‘ecoroof’ and ‘green roof’ almost interchangably. In my mind they are the same, although ‘eco-‘ is…
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Veg.itecture: Photo Gallery 2
After spending a solid 12 hour day up and back to Seattle, I’m ready for a quick and easy post. Following up on my recent combing through of the backlog of Inhabitat links, which unearthed a bevy of great stuff related to Vegetated Architecture and more, with more to come. This reminded me that a…
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Sharp & Diamond: Veg.itect
In a twist of singling out architects in the Vegetated Architecture realm, a profile of a landscape architecture firm that is pioneering the use of vertical greening techniques. The Vancouver firm Sharp & Diamond have been developing a number of North American examples, which is in dire need of good examples. I’ve been familiar with…
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Inhabitat: Green the Tower
For those who have not had the opportunity to visit the site Inhabitat – do so immediately. I have to remember to check it periodically to see what’s new, as it had been until recently devoid of RSS feed (and one million thank you’s for that finally). Due to my lax visitation, I often am…
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Veg.itecture: World Tour
Vegetated Architecture seems to be a world-wide phenomenon… although there are slow-growing pools of recent US examples, the trend has evolved outside of the states as a significant part of the architectural vocabulary. A number of recent projects and terms (i.e. cybertecture) underscore this point and highlight the unprecedented customization and access to information we…