Urban Green Places ... aka Trees that touch the sky

... nevermind parks and gardens, check out this 27 storey building being planned for Milan by Italian architect Stefano Boeri.

Bosco Verticale, as it is known, is an example of architectures attempts to green our urban landscapes. Writing in the Daily Telegraph (UK) Christopher Woodward  (Director of the Garden Museum), observed, while "Researching our current exhibition From Garden City to Green City we were inspired by projects in Paris, Valencia and Sao Paolo in which architects have created a new generation of buildings in which architecture fuses with nature, such as Stefano Boeri’s Bosco Verticale project currently under construction in Milan: two 20-storey-plus blocks in which each apartment has a garden big enough for a tree cantilevered out into the sky. It is a glimpse of how London could be, with a dash of political will. We have a new generation of architects whose ambition is to make living communities, not to erect air-conditioned icons in glass. The public demand is there..."

If cities are a part of our futures ... let's make green places happen !!!