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Showing posts with label Inhabitat. Show all posts

19 August 2017

Dutch Greenscraper ~ Utrecht's Hawthorn Tower...

Inhabitat spotlights Dutch city Utrecht to have new greenbuilding complex near central train station...
"The Hawthorn Tower will, like its Milanese predecessor, be blanketed in greenery -- and it’s expected to absorb over 5.4 tons of carbon dioxide. The equivalent of one hectare of woods will be installed on the tower to create a real urban ecosystem with over 30 different vegetal species."
http://inhabitat.com/hollands-first-vertical-forest-to-rise-with-10000-air-purifying-plants/

18 February 2014

Daredevil Photos ~ Skyscraper Climber Vistas...

Inhabitat spotlights daredevil Russian duo Raskalov Vitaliy and Vadim Makhorov and their photos of the under construction Shanghai Tower, the world's second tallest skyscraper... http://inhabitat.com/two-russian-climbers-scaled-the-worlds-second-tallest-tower-and-captured-these-amazing-photos/ http://inhabitat.com/two-russian-climbers-scaled-the-worlds-second-tallest-tower-and-captured-these-amazing-photos/http://inhabitat.com/two-russian-climbers-scaled-the-worlds-second-tallest-tower-and-captured-these-amazing-photos/

18 January 2014

Bosco Verticale ~ Building Milan's Vertical Forest

Inhabitat shares latest pix of Boeri Studio’s Bosco Verticale in Milan!http://inhabitat.com/newly-released-photos-show-the-bosco-verticale-vertical-forest-nearing-completion-in-milan/http://inhabitat.com/newly-released-photos-show-the-bosco-verticale-vertical-forest-nearing-completion-in-milan/http://inhabitat.com/newly-released-photos-show-the-bosco-verticale-vertical-forest-nearing-completion-in-milan/ Plus, Inhabitat had earlier construction pix & comments...
"The two towers measure 260 feet and 367 feet tall respectively, and together they have the capacity to hold 480 big and medium size trees, 250 small size trees, 11,000 ground-cover plants and 5,000 shrubs (that’s the equivalent of 2.5 acres of forest). The types of trees were chosen based on where they would be positioned on the buildings’ facades and it took over two years of working with botanists to decide which trees would be most appropriate for the buildings and the climate. The plants used in the project were grown specifically for the building, pre-cultivated so that they would gradually acclimate to the conditions they would experience once placed on the building."
http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos/http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos/http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos/ http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos/ Starting with Boeri's rendered design visualization... http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2013/01/Bosco-Verticale-lead1.jpg

03 December 2013

More Namba Parks ~ Urban Oasis in Osaka!

Namba Parks is an urban oasis in Osaka, Japan. Built on the old Osaka baseball stadium site and designed by Jon Jerde, NP is an eight level rooftop garden with waterfalls, terraces, etc! http://inhabitat.com/japans-namba-parks-has-an-8-level-roof-garden-with-waterfalls/ http://inhabitat.com/japans-namba-parks-has-an-8-level-roof-garden-with-waterfalls/ http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/forget-ginza-osaka-japans-real-class-retail-act-932871 http://www.digitallifeplus.com/8814/an-impressive-8-level-park-in-osaka/namba-parks-03-640x480/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnisd/8008300397/ http://cwfoodtravel.blogspot.com/2013/02/japan-2012-namba-parks-osaka.html http://www.japan-photo.de/mod-au59-03.htm

14 August 2013

Giken ECO Cycle ~ Japanese Robo Underparks!

Thanks to OddityCentral for spotlighting Danny Choo's latest video of Underground Bicycle Parking Systems in Japan, the ECO Cycle by Giken Seisakusho... Inhabitat's Lidija Grozdanic shares some of the inner workings... What makes Giken so interesting as a company is their enabling technology, harnessing the Press-In Method, for quiet and low environmental-impact construction.

26 December 2012