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MAD Architects Call Their Project an “Urban Forest”

by TreeHugger on November 30, 2009

mad-architects.jpgWe 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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