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World’s Tallest Garden Coming Soon to Melbourne
While the Southbank by Beulah tower will be the tallest in Australia upon completion, it will also be home to the world’s tallest garden. The two-billion-dollar development was commissioned by Melbourne real estate developer Beulah, with UNStudio and Cox Architecture...
Singapore’s Guoco Midtown To Include Multiple Gardens
Guoco Midtown, the latest development in Singapore’s Central Business District, is set to house a “privately developed collection of gardens,” according to Edge Prop Singapore. Thirty thematic gardens, along with landscaped spaces throughout them, will take up 3.8...
Can Biophilically Designed Buildings Improve Mental Health?
When you look good, you feel good (or so the saying goes). Can the same be said for buildings and how they make us feel? It’s been proven that biophilically designed buildings, or simply spaces that utilize biophilic design, give humans access to the same benefits of...
Native ‘Populus’ Inspires Design of Denver Development
Architectural firm Studio Gang has found its first project in the state of Colorado – a 13-story mixed-use building in Civic Center Park. The development will be called Populus due to its facade’s resemblance to Colorado’s native aspen tree (populus...
Biophilic Aegis Living Senior Community Opening in April
Bellevue Overlake, the latest Aegis Living community, will be open for residents in April. The residential community is located just a few minutes away from Overlake Medical Center. Aegis Living took a biophilic approach to the development of the community. The new...
Urban Food Forest at Brown Mill Tackles Food Insecurity
It’s strange to think the land that’s currently home to the Urban Food Forest at Brown Mill in Atlanta was almost a residential development. Previously owned by Willie and Ruby Morgan who ran a farm on the land, it was bought in the mid-2000s for the construction of...
Office Development With Living Walls in the Works for New Bailey
Plans have been solidified for commercial development by Make Architects in New Bailey, Salford. An article from Architects Journal said the office will span over 10,000 square meters of space, be 11-stories high, and have net-zero operational carbon, courtesy of the...