10 incredible ‘green’ buildings around the world
The City of Melbourne’s new offices are housed in what claims to be Australia’s greenest and healthiest office building. It features a substantial rooftop garden area. High-rise horticulture, like that atop Melbourne’s Council House 2, helps cool urban heat-islands.
Steel and glass were, at one point, shiny, new toys (pun intended) in the world of architecture. But as the Earth’s population grows and our cities get denser, more designers are choosing to incorporate plants and sustainable elements. In some cases, to the extreme. Here is a look at 10 of the world’s coolest city spaces, designed with greenery in mind.