In this Dezeen interview, the green wall pioneer Patrick Blanc tells us about building green walls. He focuses on his work for the Pérez Art Museum building in Miami. He creates really complex vertical gardens that have dozens of different plant species, beautiful!
Since the 1970’s Jadav Payeng has been planting trees in order to save his island. Today the forest, planted by one man, is already larger than Central Park in New York City. The forest has transformed a wasteland into a large oasis that is home to many endangered species. This documentary, Forest Man, tells the story of the man behind the long project.
An ingenious way to enter your treehouse! Maybe the next version could be that you could clip on your normal bike, pedal down and then ride to work?
Graham Hill‘s apartment in Soho packs eight rooms into 39 square meters (420 sq ft) by using transforming furniture and ingenious spatial design. A great way to save space in a city, save energy and save money for the resident. Found on Gizmodo
Check out this brilliant video of the Kaisa Library. A beautiful building by Anttinen Oiva Architects, a beautiful video by Antti Seppänen!
Tomás Saraceno, the creator of the brilliant Cloud Cities installations has a new installation called In Orbit. The installation was just opened at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany. What an inspiring work! Looks like the people are floating in the air. Would be lovely to experience the installation in real life. Read more and see the beautiful photos at http://www.tomassaraceno.com. And if you get to actually visit the installation, please let us know how it felt like!
Kenya Hara, the design director of Muji, got 12 big name architects to design structures for dogs that would improve both canine and human well-being. The blueprints of the designed dog habitats are available for a free download. People can also share their own designs. Find out more at the brilliant Architecture for dogs webpage.
Norwegian architect Kjetil T. Thorsen of Snøhetta explains the landscape-inspired ideas behind some of their major projects. Projects featured in the video are: Eggum Tourist Route, Norway, 2007. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei, 2011. Annecy Conference Center, France, in progress. Norweigan Wild Reindeer Cene pavillion, Norway 2011 King Abdulazis Center for World Culture, Saudi Arabia, in progress New Norweigan National Opera and Ballet, Norway 2008 Lascaux Caves, France 2012 Alexandria Library, Egypt, 2001 National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavillion, USA 2011 Sultanate of Oman, Mutrah Fish Market, in progress Ras al-Khaimah-Gateway Project, United Aab Emirates, in progress Watch and learn!
