{"id":93,"date":"2013-05-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=93"},"modified":"2013-05-20T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T23:00:00","slug":"office_horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/office_horticulture","title":{"rendered":"Office Horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"image\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Indoor Spring Garden in HOK Office, London\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2013\/indoor-office-garden.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" class=\"caption\">Indoor Spring Garden in HOK Office, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Is the office pot plant out of fashion?<\/p>\n<p>Some top architects think so, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean that plants themselves are out of vogue &ndash; they are simply being incorporated into state-of-the-art office designs. Planting is becoming part of the design process rather than an afterthought.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, greenery is more popular than ever in a working environment. Indoor gardens are now common in offices in the Shard, for example, and &lsquo;living walls&rsquo; are becoming more popular. Living walls are made by covering surfaces of buildings in plants and creating conditions for them to grow and live successfully there.<\/p>\n<p>A year-long research project aiming to improve the quality of urban life through living walls is now taking place at the University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Studies have shown that covering the surfaces of buildings in urban environments with green plants results in an improvement in air quality, aesthetics and wellbeing,&rdquo; said a university spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, most of these studies have taken place in climates significantly warmer than the UK. Our study will find out how living walls fare in the UK&rsquo;s weather and how they can be of most benefit in this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>Image source: <a title=\"Opens in a new window\" onclick=\"PS.Core.Popup(this, 800, 600);return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/homeblogdesign.com\/new-hok-office-in-london-with-new-face\/indoor-spring-garden-in-hok-office-london\/\">homeblogdesign.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indoor Spring Garden in HOK Office, London Is the office pot plant out of fashion? Some top architects think so, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean that plants themselves are out of vogue &ndash; they are simply being incorporated into state-of-the-art office designs. Planting is becoming part of the design process rather than an afterthought. 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