Ingenhoven Architects’ Marina One project in Singapore comprises four high-rise buildings that surround the multistory, 3D Green Heart public space, which includes more than 350 different types of trees and plants.
Photography by HG Esch

The geometry of the buildings and the garden facilitates natural ventilation while creating a comfortable microclimate. London landscape architects Gustafson Porter + Bowman took inspiration from the natural climate differences at various vertical levels of a rainforest.
Photography by HG Esch

Hong Kong design collaborative Rural Urban Framework rebuilt 22 homes, including a community center, in the Jintai Village near Guangyuan in China’s Sichuan province after the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008.
Photography courtesy Rural Urban Framework

Jintai Village
Guangyuan, China
Rural Urban Framework
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Photography courtesy Rural Urban Framework