Upward mobility: Skyscrapers including the Leadenhall building (left) and 30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin (centre) stand surrounded by commercial office buildings in the City of London. — Bloomberg
No dome can protect us from our improvidence, nor blunt the damage being done to real nature.
ARCHITECTURE and urban design are in the throes of a green fever dream. Everywhere you look there are plans for “sustainable” buildings, futuristic eco-cities, even vertical aquaponic farms in the sky, each promising to redeem the ecologically sinful modern city and bring its inhabitants back into harmony with nature.
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