MAD Architects Call Their Project an “Urban Forest”

We have shown vertical farms before, why not vertical urban forests? That is what MAD architects call their new project in Congqing, China. This is not their first swirly tower; they have one under construction just outside of Toronto, nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe building because of its curves. They tell Designboom with a straight face: Drawing on the mountainous landscape of the country, the commercial high-rise building, is made up of curved, abstracted shaped floors which have been layered slig...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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