John Rayner receives funding from the Australian and Victorian Governments, the City of Melbourne and Melbourne Water and is affiliated with Green Roofs Australasia. He helped to write the 'Growing ...

Green walls are regularly used throughout Europe and Asia, and in Tokyo they are considered more valuable than green roofs for cooling the city. But the vegetated green wall is still new to the ...

Seven years ago, Stephanie Joshi decided the family room of her New York City townhouse wasn't quite wild enough; she decided to put a jungle on her wall. Why? "To bring outside in," she said. As for ...

The new wing for San Francisco's Drew School looks routine on paper, a 40-foot-high box arranged to suggest a pair of structures side by side. But in real life it's sure to turn heads, what with the ...

Facades are a building’s most visible element, and adding plants offers entirely new dimensions of texture, symbolism, and seasonal dynamism. As French botanist and green-wall pioneer Patrick Blanc ...

Plant walls, also known as green walls, vertical gardens, green facades or living walls are structures that allow for vertical plant growth on structures like walls or trellises. These can be found in ...

Bugs, Bees, and Trees: How to Integrate Biodiversity in the Built Environment The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors. Spending that much ...

The Green Building 101 series has taken us inside the house and out, looking at site selection, water efficiency, day lighting, eco-power, and environmentally friendly materials. The final segment in ...

Custom moss artwork, stunning vertical garden installations and green walls made with succulents can transform any space into an area of beauty and intrigue. For more than a decade, TrueVert has been ...