Welcome to the green future. These aren't your grandmother's window boxes.
Bosco Verticale
This rendering by architect Stefano Boeri features the first urban vertical forest, Bosco Verticale in Milan.
The pair of apartment skyscrapers are built to sustain the equivalent of 2.5 acres of forest extending towards the sky.
Via: inhabitat.com
The soon-to-be-completed towers feature cantilevered balconies, wind and solar systems, and greywater recycling systems that irrigate the 5,000 shrubs, 480 big and medium size trees, 250 small size trees, and 11,000 ground-cover plants chosen for the project.
Source: treehugger.com
The "Tower Flower"
The "Tower Flower," designed and built by architect Edouard Francois in Paris's 17th arrondissement, contains 380 giant concrete flower pots embedded in each of the apartment building's balconies.
A (literal) Tower of Flowers
Via: underage-thinking
