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Greenery-clad towers take root in China
• http://newatlas.com, Adam WilliamsWhile Boeri certainly wasn't the first architect to think of putting greenery on a skyscraper, a significant amount of the credit (or, if you prefer, blame) for greenery-clad towers being in vogue at the moment can be placed at his feet because of the popularity of Bosco Verticale.
The Nanjing Vertical Forest follows a very similar design language to that project and consists of a pair of towers atop a shared podium. They will reach a height of 200 m (656 ft) and 108 m (354 ft) respectively, and include office space, a hotel, a green architecture school, retail space, restaurants, a conference hall, and exhibition spaces. The taller tower will feature a private club on its rooftop and the smaller one a swimming pool.
In total, the buildings will sport 600 tall trees and 500 medium-sized trees (sourced from 23 local species), plus 2,500 cascading plants and shrubs in concrete planters integrated into balconies.