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Green patterns


Wall of the Athenaeum Hotel along Piccadilly.

5 comments:

  1. V exciting! Vertical gardens have been quite a hit for some time. The most famous is probably the one on Quai Branly, in the Jean Nouvel building.

    http://davidikus.blogspot.com/

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  2. Have to check that one out! I guess Athenaeum's hanging garden has been there for a good while.

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  3. It would be v rare to see the UK leading in terms of environment / innovative architecture but that is possible. There are a few answers on the website of ht hotel:

    http://www.athenaeumhotel.com/system_pages/nav_bars/header/about_us/living_wall/so_how_does_he_do_it.aspx

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  4. Actually, there is more here:

    http://www.otto-otto.com/2009/09/living-wall-at-athenaeum-hotel-by-patrick-blanc/

    September 2009, 3 years after Branly opened, 10 years after Branly was conceived & 15 years after Patrick Blanc started making those living walls!

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  5. Fascinating! I remember seeing a vertical garden at Marithé et François Girbaud store in New York but didn't know it was Patrick Blanc behind that one too.

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