Demolition turned Delight

The environmentally-minded designers at Barcelona firm Capella Garcia Arquitectura take the idea of “green living” to heart. Their latest project is a makeover of an unsightly building demolition.

The progress at Green Side Wall

Completed in March, the “Green Side-Wall,” promoted by the Barcelona City Council, is a foray into what the firm has christened “vegitecture,” or a vertical garden with emphasis on the structure's original architecture.

The main material responsible for bringing a breath of fresh air to the residential area: 
Plants—oxygen-producing, living green that cascades down the once plain wall.

What if all buildings of the future look like this?

Read more via Good Magazine here or on Capella's site here.
-Katie @KatieGMG

Living Walls are here to Stay

Longwood Gardens Living Wall

Each year for the past 10 years the Garden Media Group has released a trend report.  And for the past 3 years we have been talking about, blogging and predicting 'living' or 'vertical' walls as a rising star.   

Foster Plants Living Wall in the Aventura Mall Splendid Store

The Smith and Hawkin wall

Google: Always ahead of the trend

But, don't be fooled, living walls are a LOT of work to build an maintain.  I want one at home but can't fathom the back-end it takes to produce.  Man, they sure look cool.  What do you think?  Practical? 

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