Lush vertical forests to adorn Dubai skyscrapers

The Amazon rainforest comes to Dubai: Italian architect Stefano Boeri presented his Vertical Forest Dubai skyscraper project during COP27, according to a statement. The project would see the external faces of a 190 meter high skyscraper and another 150-meter-high tower covered in 2.6 k trees and 27k shrubs. The buildings will house hydroponic gardens and greenhouse systems with facades made of PV panels to generate some 5.1 kwH of energy to power the towers’ water cycles. The buildings will also have hydrogen batteries to store the clean energy produced by the photovoltaic panels, the statement notes.