A spectacular global survey of the new buildings merging
architecture and nature to transform our cities for a sustainable
future. Concrete horizons, urban sprawl, high-density living: never
have our cities and their buildings been in greater need of
greening. Yet what's required is more than an occasional vertical
garden or living roof. Featuring seventy projects from around the
world - some built, some ongoing, some from the future - Garden
City looks at the increasingly inventive ways in which architects
and designers are incorporating nature into the built environment,
transforming the city for the benefit of all. From office buildings
that incorporate urban farms and exchange the CO2 produced by
humans for food and oxygen produced by plants, to lightweight
systems for growing gardens on vertical surfaces; from 'tree
houses' the size of city blocks to civic buildings that are
'plugged into' existing water-management systems - there are rich
and often unexpected ideas for every inquiring designer. The future
of our urban architecture is biologically alert, naturally
self-sustaining and alive. Garden City is this future's first
manifesto.
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