A high-rise ‘urban forest’ in Milan has been selected winner of the International Highrise Award 2014 as presented by the City of Frankfurt am Main with Deutsches Architekturmuseum and DekaBank. Bosco Verticale was designed by Boeri Studio
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![And the International Highrise Award for 2014 goes to the Bosco Verticale [Future Architecture: http://futuristicnews.com/category/future-architecture/]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ab/33/c5/ab33c573ce6ce3be1f00164aae24dcfc--green-architecture-architecture-design.jpg)
