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- Hamama makes growing microgreens in your home effortless Wed, 1 Dec 21, 7:30amThere’s simply nothing more rewarding than growing your own food, except when an innovative product makes it ultra-easy to do so. Hamama is the newest option in the urban or indoor gardening trend, and it provides...
- This indoor garden grows microgreens in one week Wed, 13 Oct 21, 6:30amIt’s no surprise that growing your own food is the healthiest option for you and the planet. Garden fresh greens cut promptly before eating have the highest nutritional value. Plus, when you grow it yourself you...
- Urban gardens don't get much greener than El Terreno Tue, 17 Aug 21, 5:30amEl Terreno is a community garden center that does more than grow food. It brings an urban population together and puts the ideas of community support, educational enrichment and purpose in serving the greater good all together...
- Valet proposes a prefab parklet system for Milans roads Tue, 4 May 21, 1:30amIn a bid to rethink public spaces, Milan-based architecture studio Vudafieri-Saverino Partners has collaborated with PRR Architetti and Lorenzo Noe to develop Valet, a city development strategy to turn parking spots into...
- Design experiment examines safety of food grown in urban vertical gardens Sat, 24 Oct 20, 2:30amInterior architecture firm Annvil has brought together a team of urban planners, designers, environmentalists and natural scientists to study the interaction between the urban environment and horticulture...
- Babylon Bridge features hanging gardens over the Seine Wed, 27 May 20, 4:30amParis-based design studio Rescubika has unveiled a fantastical proposal for the Babylon Bridge, a pedestrian-only bridge over the river Seine. Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the proposed bridge would be covered...
- PICO microgarden lets you grow anywhere from home to car Thu, 23 Apr 20, 3:30amIndoor gardening offers all the same benefits as a garden in the ground outside. Namely, fresh food and a low environmental impact. But not everyone has the natural space for a garden, which is where indoor planting...
- LEED Platinum Akademeia High School caters to millennials Tue, 14 Apr 20, 4:30amWhen Medusa Group Architects was tasked to design a high school in Warsaw, the Polish interdisciplinary design studio's team seized the opportunity to address the perceived failures of the public education system...
- Automatic, soil-less garden system lets you grow 76 plants in your own home Wed, 30 Oct 19, 2:30amOne of the biggest complaints about urban living is the lack of space to grow your own veggies, but this automatic home garden can fit in nearly any kitchen space...
- SCAD students fight food insecurity in Georgia with organic farming and beekeeping Thu, 16 May 19, 12:30amFor a break from schoolwork, students at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) have been swapping their laptops for shovels and seedlings at SCAD Back40, the school’s new one-acre “farm.” Created as a legacy...
- Sunflower-inspired tower design envelopes urban residents in mini forests Wed, 8 May 19, 5:30amConcerned by the rampant growth of cities across Latin America and the loss of endemic species, Ecuadorian design studio oficina de Diseño (odD+) has proposed the Sunflower Tower, a conceptual residential building inspired...
- This apartment building in Staten Island has a 5,000-square-foot urban farm Sat, 27 Apr 19, 12:30amAlong the waterfront on New York’s north shore, Staten Island Urby sits overlooking the Statue of Liberty and Lower Manhattan. The millennial-friendly residential space includes 571 units, 35,000 square feet of commercial...
- A rooftop urban oasis springs to life in a polluted NYC neighborhood Fri, 25 Aug 17, 4:58amParks and public plazas are typically urban escapes you'd expect to find at street level, but when your neighborhood hosts a league of industrial warehouses, wastewater treatment plants, and sits along one of the most polluted...
- MVRDV transforms an abandoned highway into a "plant village" in the sky Tue, 23 May 17, 9:04pmArchitectural superstars MVRDV have transformed an abandoned highway in Seoul into a 983-meter-long elevated Skygarden. The "plant village" is located high above traffic, and it welcomes visitors to stroll through 24,000...
- Plantereo is a self-watering planter that can be converted into a terrarium Fri, 17 Jun 16, 5:00amWhen Pratt student Richenna King moved from the sunny Philippines to an apartment in Brooklyn to study Industrial Design, she longed for the expansive garden space she had back home...
- No matter where you live your approach to life can be more in keeping with the environment and nature.