Landscape+Urbanism

Category: vegitecture

  • Back in the Saddle

    Thanks for those whom I had a chance to meet at the recent speaking engagements… I’ve decided to write that book on Veg.itecture I’ve been toying with, so any publishers out there, drop a line. And good news, more posts coming soon… for now, visit the flickr page from the fabulous Friends of the High…

  • Tonight: Habitats/Veg.itecture

    integrating habitats defining veg.itecture asla oregon – mt. hood section lecture 1515 SE Water Street – Suite 100 April 14, 2008 – 5:30pm Two current trends that offer myriad opportunities for landscape architecture include trends towards truly integrated habitats and definitions of veg.itecture, the insertion of vegetation into architectural form. Jason King, ASLA LEED and…

  • VIVA + VIA Sneak Peek

    The inevitable issue with taking a break, even for a couple of weeks, from blogging, is that the flows of project ideas and concepts wait for no one and begin to pile up in a somewhat annoying fashion… so I have a massive backlog of projects to show off… and as it’s late – a…

  • Malcolm Wells: Infra Structures

    Subtitled “Life support for the nation’s circulatory system”, the 1994 book Infra Structures by Malcolm Wells offers a chance to revisit the integration of our architecture and infrastructural systems – appropriate for our new found interest in the workings of our society and urbanity. The the juxtaposed pipe/greenery on the cover, the thrust of this…

  • Veg.itecture: VIA Roofs

    As the dialogue around green roofs shows that we’ve come a long way in vision and implementation. There seems a veritable cornucopia of projects and thinking on the subject. Read this interview with green roof plant expert Ed Snodgrass via Skygardens, and some more reinforcement of habitat potential for rooftops via Treehugger for some applied…

  • Veg.itecture: VIA Walls

    As I recently mentioned, there is a steady parade of visuals promoting the veg.itectural – which make sense. The distance from idea to implementation is a common theme, and requires an amazingly large amount of coordination, client will, and ingenuity. We are constantly underwhelmed by the result – but more often amazed by what is…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA Conceptual 3

    Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment (VIVA) continues with some amazing examples (and not to mince word, there are shitloads of them on the web). Perhaps a trend, perhaps overexposed, or perhaps we’ve finally reached the point where we’ve transcended the original and just become purveyors of the mundane. A quick snippet of the amount of blog…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA Dancing Apartment

    The overtly veg.itectural is always worthy of attention on L+U, so I just had to feature the new project spotted on Designboom called Dancing Apartment. The project: “…has been designed by korean firm unsangdong architects. located in dong-a ilbo serial, south korea the apartments are built using obliquelines in which each unit consists of a…

  • Veg.itecture: VIA Flowerbox

    Flowerbox is a building in NYC with a vertically stacked set of horizontal planters at the floorplates. Completed in September 2007. The garden consists of over 500 plants and 80 different species. The building is designed by Derek Sanders, with landscape from Mac Carbonell from Verdant Gardens Design. :: images via Flickr – maccarbonell Check…

  • Veg.itecture: VIA Seeing Greens

    More Veg.itecture in Action (VIA) from around the world. For those in NYC looking for the practical, the New York Botanical Garden will be hosting a symposium Creating Green Roofs: The Next Steps on March 6th. More from NYC on a L+U favorite, the High Line – with some choice words about the prosaic and…