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There are so many different varieties of fruit that you might want to eat daily but that is a very difficult task. A list of fruit trees to grow in your home is an amazing thing for sure.

The city of Melbourne has just unveiled their latest industry show-stopper with the government announcing its Melbourne CBD expansion plan. The major redevelopment, announced by Planning Minister Matthew Guy, will see the city centre grow from 180 hectares to 900 hectares in an unprecedented growth spurt. Aesthetically, Melbourne will change. In the same vein as Sydney's Barangaroo, this latest southern development is going to change the face of a city that is growing in both size and popularity; with current population growth at an enormous 85,000 people per year. Named as the world's most liveable city in 2011, both the Melbourne industry, especially those in the architecture and construction facets, and government are standing behind this expansive redevelopment.

The architecture industry has been in recent times exploring the growing world of artificial organisms. We have continuously covered this increasing trend, with examples of man-made organics in China and Singapore, varying from artificial islands, to trees and most recently coral reefs. It is no surprise that through the heightened levels of toxins and rubbish now running into our oceans everyday that certain sections of incredibly valuable, and aesthetically stunning underwater environments are dying. This is caused by various reasons including: the everyday home owner chemical run offs, the larger oil spills and natural disasters, but the fact is, we are killing it faster than it is able to grow back.

China's twelfth 5-Year Plan (released in 2011) addresses the country's rapid urbanisation by including a target to deliver 36 million new social housing units by 2015. Shenzhen in southern China, located in the Pearl River Delta in the Guangdong Province, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It has a large stake in this project and is aiming to deliver 240,000 new units which will house approximately 800,000 people. At the vanguard of China's economic reform, Shenzhen has grown 400 times its original size in the last 40 years, following high levels of investment by the government and through mass migration of workers from all over China. The city has a huge transient working population comprising mostly young people, in particular single women. Most residents come to the city from various parts of the country, leaving family, friends and other support networks. Shenzhen is rapidly running out of space, with only limited land available to house future population growth.

Architecture in China can so often be polarising. In fact, the entire industry seems to have that affect on the world. There are those who applaud the Chinese for their extensive and rapid construction work, which includes the world's fastest apartment construction, the creation of entire cities in just five years and of course the developments in Shenzhen, one of the world's fastest growing cities. And then there are others who critique the country for having a 'fake' and 'blood soaked' GDP due to high levels of what some have labeled 'dangerous and unnecessary' industry work. Well, the design debate has been sparked yet again with the unveiling of China's latest industry venture.

Yep, a great panel of vertical farms concepts ... Many are forgotten the cost between structure and agricultural growing coz of their high structure with petroleum materials... but all is in the analysis to find the equilibrium ;) For time those are very good propositions to get on the vertical farm near to be build... investors will make how much the benefit build/sell than build/rent ? ...

to be seen and known, the pincipal and few propositions of vertical farms ...

here the next step: cultivating what is normally dangerous inside the architecture, as mushrooms, but there, and stopped: they can be used as insulations !!! hep what a green material ! mushrooms are some future materials, as the vegetations in oceans: the next ressources.

hep this eco friendly one: grow mushrooms is future

New concepts and ideologies to counter growing urban concerns spearhead the 2016 eVolo award-winner - New York Horizon. Check out this concept and tell us what you think about it…

au départ c'est un usage parallèle au papier classique, mais au final il doit pouvoir être utilisé comme matériau dans la construction ...

just think about what architecture may do with a "rock paper ".. yep, this is "paper" done with rock and not wood ! ... application swill grow fast now ! ;)

and also look for their links on the right !! there are full of bloggers, and specialized sites !

Previously known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport. It is the fastest growing airport in the Philippines with a recorded 71% growth in passenger traffic from 2011 to 2012.

The second busiest airport in Florida and the 14th busiest airport in the US, Orlando International Airport (MCO) is planned to undergo a series of improvement projects to accommodate the growing passenger traffic. Originally designed to accommodate 24 million passengers a year, the airport currently handles more than 35 million passengers, including 1.8 million international arrivals.