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Vertical city

A SOLUTION FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING

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mission statement

To inspire the ongoing conversation and creation of Vertical Cities.

about vertical city

Established by Ken King in 2012, Vertical City is a not-for-profit organization that aims to ignite a worldwide conversation about vertical cities as a solution to a more sustainable future. Our team is made up of passionate individuals who believe we need large and urgent solutions to our global problems. We have team members in Portland Oregon, New York City, and Shanghai, China. We are also supported by dozens of architecture, urban planning, energy, and sustainability experts who have contributed their insights into the vertical city concept.
Learn more about Vertical City and our mission

book

Vertical City: A Solution For Sustainable Living is a massive, multicolor, seminal and beautifully printed book. To complete this groundbreaking work, authors Kenneth King and Kellogg Wong interviewed more than 30 of the world's top architects, urban designers, engineers, microbiologists, transportation and sustainability experts before developing their proposal for vertical cities.
Explore the Vertical City book.
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Videos

We are producing videos to help promote the vertical city concept and explore what it might be like to live in a vertical city. Our current videos include a two and half minute whiteboard animation and a 16 minute documentary film that includes 3D animation of vertical city models.
​Watch Vertical City Videos
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Podcast 

In January of 2016, the Vertical City team launched a podcast program with Freedom Podcasting. We interview experts and scholars around the world and share their experiences and insights with our audience. Every week we air a new episode about (vertical) architecture, urban planning, energy, agriculture, green living, and more.
Check out the Vertical City Podcast.
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kickstarter

In November of 2014 we launched a Kickstarter campaign with a goal of raising $4,000 to help us publish the first book ever written about vertical cities. Kickstarter, Treehugger and Fast Company all featured our campaign and we ended up raising $8,088. By the end of 2015 we had published the book and sent copies to backers in nearly 20 different countries. Best of all, our successful campaign allowed us to donate dozens of copies of Vertical City: A Solution for Sustainable Living to educational institutions around the world.
Review our Kickstarter Campaign. 

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