While the 2026 Winter Olympics draw global attention to Milan, the city is also known for a unique architectural landmark: the Vertical Forest, two apartment towers covered with tens of thousands of ...

Designed by Boeri Studio and developed by Hines, a vertical forest in the heart of one of the Europe's most polluted cities will include two residential towers 110 meters and 76 meters high.

MILAN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Worldwide, cities produce about 70% of the CO 2 present in the atmosphere, while forests and woods are able to absorb 40% of it. Increasing wooded areas within and around ...

Milanese architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri is the father of the concept of Vertical Forests, or high-rises covered with the leaves of thousands of plants and trees of different species, the ...

Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Stefano Boeri Architetti have won an international competition to regenerate Milan’s Porta Nuova Gioia area with the sustainable renovation and expansion of the Pirelli 39 ...

Eleven years ago, Milan’s vertical forest, the Bosco Verticale — which, in reality, is two apartment buildings whose specially designed and reinforced balconies allow the planting of species usually ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Sustainability, green space, healthy living—these are the watchwords for the cities of the future. And nowhere are these elements better incorporated into urban life than in Porta Nuova, an innovative ...

Milan changed the skyline in 2014 when Stefano Boeri completed Bosco Verticale, a pair of towers rising 27 and 18 floors. More than 900 trees and 20,000 plants cover the structure, creating a vertical ...

As the Winter Games kick off, Milan showcases its innovative “vertical forest” high-rises. Cheryl Preheim takes us on a tour of the city’s green architecture.