The East Melbourne Roof Garden beautifully combines nature, functionality, and stunning views to create a tranquil urban retreat. Located atop a 19-storey residential building near Melbourne’s CBD, this rooftop oasis offers breathtaking panoramas of the city’s iconic skyline, including the renowned sports precinct, the Yarra River, Birrarung Marr, the CBD, and Treasury Gardens.
The Muse and CasaNova represent a bold new vision for Rotterdam’s urban high-rises. In 2013, after the financial crisis, Barcode Architects stepped in and proposed a design for a small plot in Rotterdam’s Maritime District. Instead of waiting for the market to respond, they took action.
The wide popularity of the urban rooftop gardens and the benefits obtained encourage developers to introduce vegetation into their buildings.
The Othello Gardens’ neighborhood in Seattle is in the middle of a transformation from single-family to a denser, multi-family mid-rise neighborhood.
Housing Interlomas is a student-oriented residencial project on the east side of the Estado de México, which proposes an architecture that brings together life and studying in community,
The Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia has a long history of quirky independence, re-settled by artists and creative professionals in the last two decades.
The Brick Cave house by H&P Architects is located in a suburban commune of Hanoi which has undergone a rapid process of urbanization. It is designed in a philosophy that it will help shape a place similar to the natural environment in an artificial manner.
The Gerken Residence by Young Projects is 6,000 interior square feet occupying the 13th and 14th floors and 1,500 square feet of roof garden in a historic Tribeca building. The Gerken Residence courtyard and rooftop are the result of collaboration with landscape design firm Future Green Studio. The proposal explores shifting relationships of solid and void
