After its discovery, one of the most prolific uses of glass in construction was for displaying exotic plants brought back from Roman adventuring.  Then came the Crystal Palace, in the 1850’s.  Then came skyscrapers, dripping with glass.
Urban greenhouses, proposed by CITYCROPS, require two paradigm shifts for design.  The first is to stack grow-floors on top [...]

The last hundred-plus years have brought a lot of change for the U.S. and the world as a whole.  Agriculture strategies, however, maintain an inertia long outpaced by the human population boom.  You don’t have to look far into the future to see the logical conclusion to this is bad for everyone.  Actually, you don’t [...]