March 19, 2013
Alex Tricoire’s Lustre Babylone.
We’ve found some planted light fixtures that not only demonstrate imagination and ingenuity, they save space functioning at once as lighting and planters while also filtering indoor air. The light these fixtures emit provides the needed … Read More…
Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Green & Sustainable, Lighting
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March 5, 2013
Photo: travelnerd
Living in the middle of a bustling city doesn’t have to mean you can’t create a gorgeous garden space, no matter how tiny your outdoor area may be.
As long as you have a spot with a little … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Furniture, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Irrigation, Rooftop Gardens, Vertical Gardens
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March 2, 2013
We love this cool hotel concept: The Allotment, a hotel whose culinary focus makes growing and cooking food the fundamental ingredient of the guest experience.
This was the grand prize winner of the Tablet Hotels competition, Rethink Hotels, which … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green Roofs, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Rooftop Gardens, Urban Agriculture
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February 25, 2013
Plants pop through small holes of the die-cast aluminum panels that punctuate the living facade of Green Cast, a mixed-use building in Odawara, Japan.
Designed by architects Kengo Kuma & Associates, the building’s slightly slanted panels are formed over … Read More…
Category: Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Vertical Gardens
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February 12, 2013
In 2010, for an installation in a forested area at the Jardin de la Connaissance in Quebec, artist Rodney LaTourelle and landscape architect Thilo Folkerts of 100 Landschaftsarchitektur collaborated to create Garden of Cognition, a temporary garden space using … Read More…
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Reclaimed & Recycled
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