{"id":7323,"date":"2015-01-26T23:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T23:21:50","slug":"7323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/?p=7323","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/edit-11.jpg\" alt=\"edit 1\" width=\"675\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/edit-11.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/edit-11-112x80.jpg 112w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/edit-11-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/edit-11-450x320.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  \" ><div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stefano Boeri Architects\u2019 Bosco Verticale towers are now\u00a0complete. The \u201cworld\u2019s first vertical forest\u201d comprises a pair of luxury high-rises that add nearly 2.5 acres of lush vegetation to the skyline of Milan, a city notorious for its air pollution.\u00a0However, Bosco Verticale will be more than just a beautiful sight to behold&#8211;like a pair of green lungs, its forested facade of 21,000 plants will absorb CO2 and particulates, dampen noise pollution, lessen the urban heat island effect, and create oxygen and favorable microclimates. The superstructure was also recently shortlisted for the prestigious International Highrise Building Award 2014 as one of the five most beautiful and innovative high-rises in the world that were recently completed. (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #339966;\" title=\"Stefano Boeri's Bosco Verticale\" href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bosco-verticale-worlds-first-vertical-forest-is-finally-complete-in-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>[easy-share buttons=&#8221;facebook,twitter,linkedin,mail&#8221; counters=0 native=&#8221;no&#8221; image=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/yusuke-asai-waf-1.jpg url=https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7323 facebook_text=Share twitter_text=Tweet\u00a0linkedin_text=Link text=&#8221;Stefano Boeri&#8217;s Bosco Verticale&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div  style='height:10px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  \" ><p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-ehc-english-ucsb-edu-v01.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EDIT-3.jpg\" alt=\"EDIT 3\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EDIT-3.jpg 675w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EDIT-3-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/EDIT-3-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p><\/div> <div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  \" ><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stefano Boeri Architects\u2019 Bosco Verticale towers comprise a pair of luxury high-rises that add nearly 2.5 acres of lush vegetation to the skyline of Milan, a city notorious for its air pollution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18365,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions\/18365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehc.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}