If you've lurked around TrendHunter.com's Eco category, you know how much we love living designs and especially what we've dubbed ecotecture--short for eco-friendly architecture.
These large-scale living designs showcase ecotecture at its best. They start off tame, with grass roof tiles and examples of existing green rooftops around the world. With large-scale green skyscraper designs that boast terraces of gardens and rooftop CSAs, however, ecotecture gets cranked up quite a few notches.
Click through the slideshow below to sample some of the best ecotecture from TrendHunter.com's archives.
39 Living Ecotecture Designs
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Personal Green Skyscrapers
The 60 Story Antilia House
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Hobbit-Style Architecture
Low Impact Woodland Homes Built With Surrounding Nature
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Green Walls
Vertical Gardens
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Greenchitecture
Ann Demeulemeester Store is Literally Green
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Skyscraper Greenhouses
Futuristic Farming in Dubai's Seawater Vertical Tower
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Green Roof Tiles
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Futuristic Greenchitecture
Burnham Eco Pavilions by Zaha Hadid and UNStudio
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Anti-Smog Architecture in Paris
Vincent Callebaut's Green Innovation Centre
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Norway's Green Jail
Bastoey Eco-Prison
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Dog Houses With Green Roofs
Sustainable Pet Design
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Living Rooftops
Green Roof Designs Bring Sustainability to Architecture
28
Houses of the Future
Concrete House With Grass Roof
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Flowering Architecture
Budding Eco Building Breathes Life Into Chilean City With Green Wall
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Grass Buildings
Kadawittfeldarchitektur Austrian Kindergarten Makes Education Green
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Green Metropolises
The Gwang Gyo Power Center in South Korea
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Rooftop Yards
The OUTrial House is a Gorgeous Green Cube
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Green Olympic Architecture
Vancouver Convention Centre Has Living Roof, Seawater Heating
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Evolved Ecotecture
Zuidkas Sustainable Skyscraper Helps Prepare for the Future
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Green Roof Guarantees
Toronto Implements Garden-Topped Building Law
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Green Museums
California Academy of Sciences (UPDATE)
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Green Walls & Roofs from G-Sky
Vancouver Turns A Healthy Shade of Green
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Wall-Side Gardens
Suntory Midorie Makes Urban Areas of Japan Greener
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Green Japanese Cities
Sakai City Waterfront Mega Solar Power Generation Plan
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Eco-Friendly Fast Food
McDonald's Opens LEED-Certified Restaurant in Chicago
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Eco-Friendly Car Plants
Ford Rouge Truck Plant
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Organic Skyscrapers
Food Growing, Energy Producing Harvest Green Tower
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Ultra-Green Office Building
Hidden Eco-Friendly Corporate HQ
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Growing Your Own Living Home
Aeroponic Architecture
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Eco Skyscraper Makeovers
Sears Tower Gets Greener
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Genetic Architecture Incorporates Creative Surroundings
3deluxe Glass Cube
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Going Green With Plant Power
Cradle 2 Cradle Spinach Concept Home
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Sinuous Eco-Friendly Rooftops
The Park House
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Green Aussie Architecture
Eco Home by Zen Architects
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Green 'Lungs' for Urban Areas
Kjellgren Kaminsky's Eco-Friendly 'Vision for Heden' in Gothenburg,
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Eco-Friendly Hotel Architecture
Kimpton Key Largo Green Resort
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Retrofitted Green Roofs
'The Flat' Condo in LA Gets Rooftop Vegetable Garden
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College Enviropreneurship
Maryland Institute College of Art Goes Super-Green at ICFF
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Rooftop CSAs
Milwaukee Makes Organic Produce Accessible & Affordable
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Living Sporting Arenas
The Minneapolis Target Center's Green Roof
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Vertical Farming (Part III)
Toronto Sky Farm
40 Examples of Iranovation and Dubaichitecture
Top 100 Solar Inventions
Part 2: Architecture & Power Plants
28 Tasty Fast Food Innovations
Vertical Eco Farm
Las Vegas 30 Storey Garden
16 Pieces of Futuristic Architecture
Eco-Luxury Architecture
$15 Million Orchid House
9 Zaha Hadid Designs + Guggenheim Hermitage Museum
Green Dream Homes
Modern British Architecture Makes the Perfect Eco Family Home
Greenchitecture
Ann Demeulemeester Store is Literally Green
Modern Tokyo Compact Housing
Architecture by Yasuhiro Yamashita
Futuristic Greenchitecture
Burnham Eco Pavilions by Zaha Hadid and UNStudio
Fashionable Fast Food
McDonald's UK Makeover
20 Options for an Eco-Friendly Green Roof
Dog Houses With Green Roofs
Sustainable Pet Design
Stunning Sustainable Homes
Super-Stylish Eco-Architecture Casa de los Pinos
Thunderstorm Architecture
Tornado-Like 'Helix' Building Blows Them Away in Abu Dhabi
Living Rooftops
Green Roof Designs Bring Sustainability to Architecture
11 Green Buildings That Give Back to the Environment
Flaked Light Architecture
Hongbo Lu Proposes Flying Color Building for Dubai
Flowering Architecture
Budding Eco Building Breathes Life Into Chilean City With Green Wall
Grain Storage Homes
Gigaplex's Monte-Silo
Olympic Topiaries
Beijing Garden Sculptures
Conch Architecture
Kotaro Ide's Seashell House Is Nestled in the Forests of Japan
Over-the-Top Opening Parties
The Atlantis Hotel in Dubai (UPDATE)
Tidal Wave Architecture
Tsunami Museum is Covered in Water Walls, Filled With History
Movable Fashion Buildings
Rem Koolhaas Designs the Prada Transformer in Seoul
Giant Exhaust Fan Architecture
The Anara Tower in Dubai
Rooftop Yards
The OUTrial House is a Gorgeous Green Cube
Flora Inspired Eco Architecture
The Leaf House
Green Indian Skyscrapers
Eco Architecture For More Sustainable Towers in Mumbai
Glacier-Inspired Eco Architecture
The Iceberg
Docked Cruise Ship Hotels
Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opt For Floating Tourism Solution
Green Olympic Architecture
Vancouver Convention Centre Has Living Roof, Seawater Heating
$4.5 Billion Airport Additions
Dubai's Emirates Terminal 3 is World's Largest
London 2012 Olympic Architecture
Major Bridge Across River Lea
Paris in 2030?
Blueprints of the Future Reveal a Literally Green French Capital City
Fast Food Packaging Makeovers
McDonald's Revamps Their Image
Cube-Shaped Eco Architecture
The Modular Dice House
Living Walls
Oulu Bar & EcoLounge
Eco Architecture
Rammed Earth Homes
Green Roof Guarantees
Toronto Implements Garden-Topped Building Law
Manure Building Bricks
Eco-Friendly Construction Materials Made from Cow Dung
Green Museums
California Academy of Sciences (UPDATE)
Ancient Eco Architecture
10 Sustainable Buildings That Still Stand
Organic Architecture
Orquideorama Gardens
Green Japanese Cities
Sakai City Waterfront Mega Solar Power Generation Plan
Cleaning up South Korea
Seoul's $31 Billion Yongsan Project
Architecture-Inspired Phones
The SBNP-N90 Looks like the Burj Al Arab in Dubai
Urban Farming Movements
Exposing the Chicken Underground
Cooperation for Climate Change
Environmental Issues Are Chance for US & China to Strengthen Ties
Anti-Pollution Sculptures
Elegant Embellishments Ltd. Creates A Pretty Building Purifier
Eco-Friendly Car Plants
Ford Rouge Truck Plant
Bizarre Eco-Friendly Buildings
The Glass House Reuses Embalming Fluid Bottles
Organic Skyscrapers
Food Growing, Energy Producing Harvest Green Tower
Organic Fast Food
OBurger in Los Angeles
Environmental Wake-Up Calls
Global Warming Puts Hurricanes on Steroids
Green Floating Villages
Eco Architecture in Northern England
Ultra-Green Office Building
Hidden Eco-Friendly Corporate HQ
Zen Stone Architecture
Rocking New Taipei Performing Arts Center Uses Slabstones
Solar-Powered Shopping Malls
Japan's Aeon and Oasis 21 Green Architecture
Terrace Farming
Urban Gardens Boom in NYC
Lacy Bazaarchitecture
Rak Jebel Al Jais Resort is Wedged Into the Dubai Mountains
Illuminated Architecture
Holmenkollen Ski Jump Will Brighten The Night Sky
Animated Buildings
The Rundle Lantern Entertains With Moving Designs and Music
Green Hollywood Architects
Brad Pitt Designs Eco Hotel in Dubai
Giant Floating Flower Beds
The Hanging Gardens of Paddington For Hotel Indigo's Launch
Innovative Cable Railway
Off the Rails Austrian Design by Zaha Hadid
Eco-Friendly Parliament Buildings
Reichstag, Berlin
Sinuous Eco-Friendly Rooftops
The Park House
Futuristic Spanish Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Campus de la Justicia
Modern Rope Bridges
Pedestrian Bridge Helps Chileans Cross the Highway
Flatpack Stadiums
2012 London Olympics Architecture
World Shuts Light Off for the Environment
Earth Hour
Refrigerated Beaches
Palazzo Versace in Dubai Will Cool Beachgoers, Irritate Environmentalists
Transient Art Pavilion
Zaha Hadid's Chanel Design
Retrofitted Green Roofs
'The Flat' Condo in LA Gets Rooftop Vegetable Garden
Women-Only Skyscrapers
Eve's Tower in Dubai
CSA Gives You Piece of the Pie (er Sheep)
MVKnits Wool Shares
Folding Greenhouses
Daniel Schipper's Urban Gardening Idea
Rooftop CSAs
Milwaukee Makes Organic Produce Accessible & Affordable
Eco Golf Ball Architecture
Plastic Pavilion for Disney's Trilli
Poster-Wrapped Architecture
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner Ad Takes Over Denmark Building
Designing to be Green
Eco Tech Disassembly
Edible Architecture
Will Cotton Paints Delicious Dream Homes
Green Real Estate Listings
New York Times Adds Eco Search Function to Online List
Ravetastic Art Buildings
LED Lights Make Austria's Ars Electronica Bumpin'
Luggage Gardens
The ‘Kibako' Green Trunk
Cruise Ship Housing for Police
2010 Vancouver Olympic Solutions
Living Sporting Arenas
The Minneapolis Target Center's Green Roof
Urban Agriculture
City Dwellers Turn to Growing Their Own Organic Produce
Diamond Glow Architecture
The AKBANK Creates Modern Shapes in a Basic Building