David Gallaugher and other three Dalhousie architecture students built a grass-lined wheel as an alert for our society that we need more green spaces in our city. Thei idea is to take the green space with you wherever you go.

Of course is just a design and can’t be used in cities because it is not practical.

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I was searching something on Youtube and I stumbled across a nice video about a man who built a tree house for relaxation. You can see the interior, the exterior and some explanations about how it was built.

My personal opinion is that if you have a forest near your town and you are able to buy some land there don’t hesitate! You can build there a nice tree house for your free time to escape from the urban jungle.

You can check the video here.

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Our cities are becoming every day more and more filled with concrete and less and less greener. But Korean designer Ji-Hye Koo has come up with an idea to cover the painted lines on the streets with Nature On A Tape concept. And the grass will grow on the tape making the city more beautiful.

The idea is nice but who will water all the green tapes around the city in hot summers? Or if a car breakes right on the tape it will ruin it…

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Living in an urban environment has a major problem in general. The lack of green places surrounding the flats in big cities. The Dancing Apartment designed by Unsangdong Architects, is a radical structure that promises to bring nature in the urban environment.

It is located in South Korea, the modern structure is capable of fulfilling the needs different groups of people within the apartment. it has parks, leisure facilities, event spaces, a library, media space and performance space. An unique characteristic is that the apartments are constructed using oblique lines with each unit boasting a terrace.

It is something amazing to live in a high building and have your own trees next to your door. Definetly one of the best designs I have ever seen.

I would like to drink a coffee in the morning under a tree in my 20th floor flat.

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In the near future, some parts of Beijing city center will look like a deep forest rather than a crowded metropolis because an international architecture competition decided on a new environmentally change to the city.

After the Olympics, the pavements will look like a forest floor from permeable materials, solar panels will generate electricity and water will be reused.

Part of the design will be some quality parks, plazas and gardens to be reintroduced into an area that is mainly built from concrete.

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