Switzerland Plans to Build a Livable Forest in the Sky

Unless you’re a logging protester or Na'vi, chances are you’re not going to be staying in a tree for a long time. But you could replicate that happy, leafy feeling inside this planned apartment building, which will be overgrown with more than 100 cedars, shrubs, and other plant-life.

The 384-foot tower, called “La Tour des Cedres,” is scheduled to go up in 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its facade will support nearly 10,000 square feet of greenery, partially obscuring chic apartments with wood decks and ceiling-to-floor windows. The idealistic theory is the vegetation will improve local air quality while regulating the temperature and noise levels inside the units. Whether it’ll help or hinder bird populations is anybody’s guess—birds love trees, but not so much smashing into high-rise windows right next to those trees.