Green Walls

Squeezed between two existing structures, Cabrera Building measures just four meters wide and 27 meters high, offering a blank canvas to transform a once inhabitable space into a fresh contemporary home and office.

A significant amount of greenery is headed to inner-city Dallas, Texas, in the form of a new high-rise that will boast North America's tallest living wall. The building will rise to a height of 320 ft (97.5 m) and feature 40,000 plants.

Sky Green, designed by WOHA and located in Taichung, Taiwan, features a large amount of trees and plants, and offers occupants the use of terrace areas that are envisioned as a pleasant escape from the bustle of city life.

Starchitect Daniel Libeskind's firm has unveiled an unusual new mixed-use skyscraper for Toulouse, France, that features a glazed facade broken up by greenery. Construction on the Occitanie Tower is due to begin in 2018 and completion is expected in 2022.

Cities everywhere are undergoing somewhat of a green renaissance, with public spaces and linear parks being built around existing infrastructure and buildings. In Düsseldorf, Germany, however, the buildings themselves are being greened, with hedged façades and a green roof that forms a park.

A new residential community in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, will be raised high above the street and wrapped in a huge living wall. Designed by MAD Architects, 8600 Wilshire will also feature a lush hidden garden for its residents. MAD says it will coalesce nature and community.

Spain is now the home of a huge vertical garden covering 1492m². Adorning the the Palacio de Congresos Europa (Palace of Congresses Europe), the garden designed by Alicante-based sustainable architecture firm Urbanarbolismo incorporates over 33,000 individual plants.

Why do power stations always look like power stations? That's the tacit question behind AZPA's proposal for a new gas power station in Wedel, Germany, which it envisages as a "green mountain" of topiary.