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amvp on Jan 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Approval for Hotel Covered in Plants

Also see The ParkRoyal on Pickering in Singapore. https://wp.architecture.com.au/international/award-for-comme...

Today the plants along the edge have grown and hang off the balconies, and I think it looks even better: https://www.businessinsider.sg/parkroyal-on-pickering-just-g...

The climate in singapore is probably more conducive to lush foliage than London.

papeda on Jan 29, 2020 [–]

A stylistically different example is One Central Park in Sydney [1], which appears to still be going strong. Although I don't know what the maintenance for it is like.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Central_Park#Vertical_hang...

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