Category: VIVA

  • VIVA: 11-20

    More from the Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment… VIVA 11: Mas sobre el Pabellon :: imagesvia Platforma Arquitectura VIVA 12: Bouwkunde Building :: images via The Design Blog VIVA 13: Babcock Ranch :: image via Jetson GreenVIVA 14: Annie MG Schmidt House Competition :: images via Bustler VIVA 15: University of Sheffield :: image via Urban…

  • VIVA: 1-10

    The flip side of the VIA 10 spots is the Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment – looking at the latest and greatest in representational vegetated architecture. Lots to see here. VIVA 1: G TECTS:: image via Bustler VIVA 2: Realize Hudson Rise :: images via A Daily Dose of Architecture VIVA 3: Green Wall in Cordoba…

  • 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…

  • 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: VIVA Evolo Skyscrapers

    Nothing elicits more interesting ideas and visuals than a futuristic and visionary design competition for the 21st Century Skyscraper. That has one word: eVolo. I featured a few of the entries from last years competition – so thought I would do the same for the more veg.itectural (and there are many, as pointed out in…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA Vision City + Nessie

    Two proposals for vertical greening from Asia push some of the buttons and boundaries of our continually uneasy relationship with representation over implementation (the subject of the ongoing VIVA series). :: not dumb boxes – image via designboom VISION CITYFirst, via Designboom, the Vision City proposal from sparch architects envisions a gargantuan a retail mall…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA Conceptual 2

    Part 2 of the Conceptual Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment (VIVA), showing off some of the latest representations of building greenery on the web. I’m holding onto the Evolo Skyscraper winners, as well as a proposal for a modern vegetated ‘vision city’ for their own posts… In the interim, here’s the latest representations… Extreme Birding –…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA Conceptual 1

    There seems a never-ending parade of Veg.itectural visuals on the web… many more than I can possibly try to keep up with in any meaningful way… in less than a week, I’ve accumulated over 35 examples of projects fitting the representational characteristics of Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment (VIVA) as well as a similar amount for…

  • Veg.itecture: VIVA le Rooftops

    Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment VIVA… Rooftop Style. Enjoy. British Library Boston Spa Storage Siteby HOK:: image via SpaceInvading Hijauan Saujana Resort :: image via Urban Greenery AD Futures #1: by ICE, Ideas for Contemporary Environments :: image via ArchDaily Kohinoor Skyscraper by Perkins Eastman :: images via Inhabitat Mermaid 2.0 by JDS architects :: images…