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This is one of the largest succulent walls in southern California with 60 individual panels and just under 3,000 succulents. The massive vertical wall was installed at the True Food Kitchen in Newport Beach and designed by Joe Zazzera. Plant Solutions specified the wall, plant type, plumbing, irrigation, electricity, and drainage. Zazzera told us in an email that a wall like this will cost just under $100 per square foot to design and install. Though an optimistic DIYer could try…
This affordable, 1,400 square-foot home is under construction near Reims, France, according to Dezeen. With a curvy green roof — somewhat similar to the one seen at Birchway Eco-Community — Wave House has a double-skin polycarbonate glass facade and a vegetated surface to shield against summer heat and winter cold . According to architect Patrick Nadeau, the plants, which include grasses, succulents, thymes, lavenders, and other perennials, were selected for “both for their aesthetic qualities as well as their natural…
Earlier this year, Ceracasa unveiled Lifewall, a modular living wall tile for exterior applications made in one square meter panels. Lifewall was designed by and currently marketed globally by Emilio Llobat of Maqla Architects, Azahar Energy, and Ceracasa. The new system uses drip-water irrigation for water efficiency and can support a variety of plantings. Lifewall works in conjunction with another Ceracasa product called Bionictile. Bionictile is a low-maintenance, ceramic, facade tile that’s available in shades of white, ivory, tobacco, and…
This Samsung Green Tomorrow project is the first in East Asia to achieve LEED Platinum certification and the first zero-energy house in South Korea, according to project consultant ARUP. Located in Yongin of the Gyeonggi Province, the project includes a zero-energy home of 4,553 square feet and visitor pavilion of 3,208 square feet with some incredible green features. Green Tomorrow has a green roof, high-performance facade, daylight sensors, radiant heat flooring, efficient lighting, ground source heat pumps, waterless urinals, dual-flush…
There’s a push for density and urbanization and efficient use of space, but all too often a connection to nature is lost in the process. Luzinterruptus, a guerrilla style outfit out of Madrid, recently installed this Packaged Vertical Garden to make a statement about the importance of preserving urban greenery. They say, “if we continue to eradicate [urban greenery] from public spaces or reduce it to inaccessible vertical faces, the only form of contact with nature will be in supermarket…
A solar and wind powered green substation isn’t the only project in Portland to receive federal funds. The Edith Green/Wendall Wyatt Federal Building is getting well over a $100 million…
Tom Bassett-Dilley recently sent us these photos of his prototype green garage on a 30′ wide lot in south Oak Park, Illinois. The garage was built with FSC-certified lumber, a…
Kids with special illnesses, disabilities, and other challenges received a new toy this summer at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, Georgia. Designed by Amy Leathers, senior associate at Lord, Aeck…
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