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The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City Patrick Blanc
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.

Apr 28, 2014 - Green roofs and green walls are the hottest urban property trend spreading throughout Australia's capital cities. Central Park's beautiful vertical garden solves that problem for me. May 15, 2014 - "The creation of a number of vertical forests in the city will be able to create a network of environmental corridors which will give life to the main parks in the city, bringing the green space of avenues and gardens and connecting various spaces of spontaneous . Sep 25, 2012 - Here's an impressive looking project in Barcelona, Spain, where architect Juli Capella was hired by the city to create a "vertical garden" to cover a 70-foot-high, windowless wall. With all those plants so close, everyone must be on an oxygen rush. To buildings, they also improve air quality, clean stormwater, provide a natural habitat for biodiversity and reduce power bills and greenhouse gas emissions - and the City is doing everything we can to introduce more of these features into our urban landscape,” the Lord Mayor said. Jan 28, 2014 - Move over vertical gardens - urban cows and apple orchards could be the next big thing, as architects consider setting up "vertical farms" on top of apartment blocks. Jan 29, 2011 - The natural benefits of the Vertical Garden are many: improved air quality, lower energy consumption, providing a natural shield between weather and inhabitants. With several different natural retreats to choose from, The Garden City will surely fill your need for greenery. No matter where you live, urban or suburban, cold or hot, indoors or out, the Vertical Garden .. By SocialTinker | September 26, 2012 - 5:16am. Rather than opt for the much celebrated "living wall" concept, Capella chose to build a simple, prefabricated scaffolding We need to integrate nature more within our cities. Feb 20, 2014 - Considered one of the world's greenest cities, Singapore is far from the standard concrete façade of a typical city. Mar 23, 2012 - The Vertical Garden - Patrick Blanc From Nature to the City (Revised/Updated Edition) Hardback: Norton, 2012 Reviewed by Brent Aldrich. Dec 15, 2013 - This is what has led me to becoming so passionate about finding ways to connect city designs and landscapes with nature through vertical gardening. Nov 23, 2009 - "The new Vertical Garden for Ebbw Vale is a contemporary reinterpretation of the town's powerful industrial history through the bold and dynamic elevation of nature, ecology and the definition of place. Sep 18, 2008 - Although simply summed up as 'vertical gardening', Blanc has worked for decades to bring nature into the urban landscape. The building insulating properties are increased dramatically and wildlife is encouraged to enter back into the city. As humans (self narcissists) we think we must have an explanation for everything we don't understand just to make us feel 'up to par' with the nearly perfect natural world that we have absolutely no clue about.