About the Author and the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Foreword 8
4. Dense+Green Agendas
5. Dense and Green: An Alternative History of the City 12
6. The Collective Power of the Single Building 38
7. Green Spaces and Ecosystem Services 52
8. Green Buildings and the Ecological Picturesque 66
9. Dense+Green Dimensions
10. Learning from Singapore 82
11. Dense and Green at the Future Cities Laboratory 86
12. Biodiversity 88
13. Surface Temperature 98
14. Construction and Maintenance Costs of Integrated Green Spaces 102
15. Economic Benefits of Vegetation On and Around Residential Developments 106
16. Dense+Green Case Studies
17. Asia
18. Solaris 118
19. One Central Park 124
20. Punggol Waterway Terraces I 134
21. The Interlace 152
22. SkyVille@Dawson 168
23. Oasia Hotel Downtown 182
24. 1000 Trees 194
25. Americas
26. Vancouver Convention Centre West 198
27. Pérez Art Museum Miami 204
28. Torre Rosewood 212
29. The Spiral 220
30. Miami Produce Center 228
31. 11th Street Bridge Park 234
32. Europe
33. Bosco Verticale 240
34. Google King’s Cross 250
35. Valley 258
36. 1Hotel Paris and Slo Living 264
37. Mille Arbres 270
38. Les Lumières Pleyel 276
39. Dense+Green Future
40. Future Trajectories 284
41. Appendix
42. About the Author and the Contributors 292
43. Bibliography 295
44. Acknowledgments 309
45. Illustration Credits 310
46. Index of Names 314
47. Subject Index 321