Nature Meets Architecture: Great Integrated Green Interiors
Some houses are all about the interior … others the exterior … this one walks a beautifully wide line between extremes, dealing with indoor and outdoor spaces as part of an interactive and permeable whole.
Multi-story plants climb toward organically-chaotic skylights, cozying up to upper-story walkways along the way. Meanwhile, tree trunks drop through the ground floor and come to rest on interior rock-and-pebble gardens.
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld crafted this home in Sao Paulo with both existing and invented landscapes in mind, from ivy climbing the walls to much much more.