"A Brief Survey of Vertical Gardens, Skyscrapers, and Edible Restaurants Notice the bevy of green architectural concepts floating around the internet? I don't mean the office building proposals with low carbon footprints, or novel approaches to solar farms. I'm talking about literal green concepts—bringing the bounty of the farm to urban landscapes. Flavorwire has put together a stack of innovative and inspiring ""plant buildings,"" all with one thing in common: they're taking after Patrick Blanc in a big way. Thanks to the French botanist's Orchid Show designs here at the NYBG, New Yorkers are getting a taste of his creative ambition. The Green Man's vertical gardens, or mur végétal, have directly or indirectly inspired everything from skyscraper farms to edible restaurants, and the author phrases Blanc's legacy succinctly.  "" … Our favorite green-haired botanist has helped to usher in the post-industrial era's successor—a new design epoch that we think should be classified as The Age of the Plant.""  Click through for a few of the more daring ideas being courted in countries around the world. —MN"
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