Stefano Boeri’s Urban Vertical Forest

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Rent To Own.ph: We already see plant billboards along EDSA and vertical gardens on the walls of underpasses here in Metro Manila but this design structure takes it one step further. Forest buildings might just be going up in the near future.

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Milan-based architecture studio Stefano Boeri‘s Vertical Forest is a residential building duo named Bosco Verticale that can be seen in construction in the metropolitan center of Milan, Italy. This exciting green residential project was meant for growing forests in the sky and allowing residents and neighbors to enjoy fresh outdoor air. Bosco Verticale  adds green space in an over-industrialized busy city, challenging future metropolis to offer its inhabitants a safe, healthy environment. Biodiversity in urban spaces will not be a problem once more projects like this will appear in the urban landscape.

WHAT'S TRENDING: MODULAR

from: http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/

Rent to Own.ph: These pieces are handy to use in small spaces. They are functional with simple, clean lines.

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Scandinavian company Muuto's Stacked shelving system works on both walls and floors. Using small clips the modules can be connected and rearranged to create all manner of shelving set ups, room dividers or side tables.

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A revolutionary piece on the French market of the early Fifties, Linge Roset's reissue of avant-garde furniture designer Pierre Paulin's Daybed, also known as  'modèle 118', mixes a pared-down Japanese-influenced frame with magically sturdy free-standing back cushions that allow it to effortlessly morph from a large banquette for three or four, to a small settee and low table, to an occasional bed for one, all at the swish of a cushion.

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The by Lassen Frame series with its cubist-inspired black outlined boxes is ultra chic. Mix and match depth, height, width and colour.

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Alki's Zutik wall system organized along a horizontal solid oak beam, can be composed of acoustic panels, shelves, mirrors, ladder and coat racks, and adjusted over and over again both in length and composition. Perfectly adapting to both large and small spaces. 

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Ferm Living's elegant clothes rail, suspended from the ceiling from leather straps, can be hung with a mirror, a ladder for flinging clothes or towels, hooks for pots and pans in the kitchen, or a magazine holder for the office.

15 Sq. M. Micro Apartment

from: http://www.home-designing.com/

Rent to Own.ph:  15 sq. meters sounds tiny, doesn't it? But with a little innovation, which we all know could work, this space becomes a lived in apartment.

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This apartment measures just 15 square meters (161 square feet) which is tiny, even compared to other micro apartments. With no space for loft the bedroom, the designer here has gone with the next best option, which is a convertible bed that can function as both a sofa and a bed (some would call it a futon). Multipurpose objects like this, as well as hidden storage such as the creative sliding closet, are absolutely essential if an apartment this size is going to be livable. 

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