STORY: This structure was designed to help cool down hot cities. It's a vertical greening system called "Vert." The idea is to create more shade using fast-growing climbing plants on these huge ...

Researchers from Chiba University analyzed over 80,000 street-view images to map vertical greenery in Tokyo, revealing that green façades are much more prevalent than living walls. The study also ...

Demand for office and housing space in ever diminishing land space has led to taller and taller buildings reaching for the skies in cities around the world. This shortage of land in many cities has ...

Researchers from Chiba University analyzed over 80,000 street-view images to map vertical greenery in Tokyo, revealing that green façades are much more prevalent than living walls. The study also ...

Green walls and vertical gardens are slowly making their way up the ladder, becoming more popular by the day. Architects are ...

Vertical gardens may look great, but they typically require constant maintenance, automated or otherwise. Urban greening firm Treebox, however, has unveiled a new vertical garden than looks after ...

Wander through the labyrinthine tunnels twenty feet beneath downtown Houston, and the past practically oozes from the walls. Office workers walk over pink-and-green speckled tiles. Steve Winwood’s ...

In rapidly growing cities like Tokyo, incorporating greenery is a challenging task. With limited space for trees or parks, vertical greening—the placement of vegetation on building facades—has become ...