Why vertical gardens on houses are trendy

Frankfurt It doesn’t get any greener. If you look out of the windows of the planned new high-rise “Arabella 26” in Munich, you will see one thing above all: plants. The 150 meter high building in the immediate vicinity of the “Arabeska” residential and office complex is to be Munich’s first high-rise building with a green facade.

Vertical gardens, as these plantings are called in specialist circles, have long been a niche topic for architecture lovers. But in the meantime the trend has also hit Germany with force.

The “Eden Tower” high-rise planned in Frankfurt, one of the tallest residential towers in Europe, is to decorate its facade with a vertical garden. More and more investors and private builders are now thinking about integrating green facades as a sensational element in their new buildings.

So what are the arguments in favor of the new trend? And what do interested parties need to know? The following is an overview of what builders expect from the green on the facade – and where the problem areas are.