Building green

French architect Jean Nouvel teamed up with botanist Patrick Blanc to create this pair of plant-covered Sydney towers that reflect light into their lower levels with a huge cantilevered panel of mirrors. Named One Central Park, the complex is the centrepiece of a AUS$2 billion masterplan in downtown Sydney by developers Frasers Property Australia and Sekisui

A naturalistic manifest: this is the definition of Villa M, a mixed-use complex to be inaugurated on September 15th,2021, in Boulevard Pasteur, in the Parisian borough of Montparnasse. Designed by French-Brazilian architecture agency Triptyque Architecture, the project aims to create a new pact between city, nature, and health.

Image 9 of 28 from gallery of Naman Retreat the Babylon / VTN Architects. Photograph by Hiroyuki Oki

vo trong nghia's proposal aims is to serve as a new symbol for the city in northern vietnam and a catalyst to unite greenery and culture together.

Green roofs have been gaining a lot of popularity these days! They're an eco-friendly alternative to conventional roofs as they provide natural insulation again

Image 22 of 40 from gallery of Inter Crop Office / Stu/D/O Architects. Photograph by Chaovarith Poonphol

Office blocks, complexes, conference centres and other such venues

CapitaSpring is a 280-meter-tall high-rise oasis that continues the city’s pioneering vertical urbanism with a diverse neighborhood of restaurants, office space, a Citadines serviced residence and sky gardens from the ground all the way up to the 51st floor.

The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. The bushy native plants sprout from hollow trapezium-shaped panels on two faces of the building. Named the Vertical Living Gallery, the showroom houses a gallery and offices for the sale of apartments. Vertical louvres

Vo Trong Nghia Architects has designed a city hall for the Vietnamese city of Bac Ninh comprising a pair of plant-covered towers