More than 20 different plant species grow in Forest House, designed by landscape architecture practice Shma Company to fit the largest possible amount of greenery into a small urban plot. More
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Heatherwick Studio's skyscraper in Singapore and sharing their views on other top stories. More
Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a 20-storey residential skyscraper in Singapore, which was designed to be "a counterpoint to ubiquitous glass and steel towers". More
Urban Forest is a 30-storey apartment building covered in thousand trees and plants that Koichi Takada Architects has designed for Brisbane, Australia. More
British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a masterplan for a site in Beverly Hills that will include plant-covered residences and elevated botanical gardens. More
Ingenhoven Architects has covered the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, Germany, with 30,000 plants to form hedges that would stretch five miles laid end to end. More
It's the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, so here is a selection of plant-covered buildings from our Pinterest board featuring architecture decked in greenery. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. More
Architecture firm Morphosis has designed a 15-storey mixed-use development in Los Angeles comprising an angular white structure cradling a plant-covered glass tower. More
Architecture studio TAA Design has made the green roof of this house in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, from stepped planters finished in red plaster and tiles. More
Heatherwick Studio has released photography of its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai, which has had its scaffolding removed. More
Plants will be used to greenwash developments until landscape architecture is given a bigger role in urban planning says French landscape architect Céline Baumann.
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Perforated metal screens and plants cover the facade of a factory and office complex in Hanoi, Vietnam, designed by Studio VDGA for electronics manufacturer Star Engineers. More
Plant-covered rooms surround private swimming pools at Wyndham Garden Phú Quốc, a holiday resort that MIA Design Studio is building on Vietnam's largest island. More
As glass buildings claim more of the skyline, architects and designers are cultivating ideas for plant-filled cities. This week's Pinterest boards feature vertical gardens, facades with crawling greenery and potted interiors. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
Ingenhoven Architects is building the Kö-Bogen II office block in Düsseldorf, which will have facades covered with five miles-worth of hornbeam hedges. More
A steel grid containing 102 olive trees fronts this extension to a house in Bangkok, designed by locally based architecture office Anonym. More
Japanese studio Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office has completed a mixed-use building in Tokyo featuring a jumbled composition of concrete rooms that create spaces for small balconies and gardens. More
Large eaves and a metal-mesh canopy that will eventually be covered with plants help to shade the interiors of this concrete house on Japan's Okinawa Island. More
Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. More
Vo Trong Nghia Architects has completed a house in Hanoi featuring walls made from different types of rammed earth, and gabled roofs incorporating planters used to grow fruit trees. More