Archinect - News 2024-05-04T15:45:46-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/13349519/solar-powered-supertrees-rise-at-singapore-s-gardens-by-the-bay Solar-Powered Supertrees Rise at Singapore's Gardens by the Bay MikeChino 2011-07-14T13:39:13-04:00 >2011-07-14T22:08:26-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3w/3wjunsbo3n6t4xvu.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>An incredible crop of solar-powered "Supertrees" is rising at Singapore's Gardens By The Bay, a 101-acre garden site that will support 226,000 plants and flowers from all over the world. Designed by Grant Associates, the gardens' 18 Supertrees will serve as towering vertical gardens that collect rainwater, generate solar power and act as venting ducts for the conservatories.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>