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Green skyscrapers – literally

July 14, 2009

I was intrigued by a recent post over at archiCentral about a vertical park design by Mexico’s Jorge Hernandez de la Garza. I have seen several other ideas over the years for vertical farms but this particular proposal got me thinking that the idea is gaining traction – a park to be sure, but with farming woven [...]

Driftwood Pavilion at the Architectural Association

July 8, 2009

The first I ever heard of the AA was in a description of a summer installation that stuck out of one of the school’s front windows, crept along the facade and then went in another window. I believe it was from 1993 or thereabouts. I never saw it myself but it may have inspired Thomas Heatherwick’s later Harvey [...]