Green building approved in London

Plans for an 11-storey mixed-use green building has been granted planning permission by the City of London Corporation’s planning and transportation committee.The development will be built at 61-65 Holborn Viaduct on the corner of Snow Hill. It comprises a 382-bed hotel with restaurant and bar, as well as 3,741 square metres of office space.A façade covered in a 3,700 square metre ‘green wall’ also features In what the corporation says will be the capital’s greenest building,The developer, Dominvs Group, says the wall – made up of a mix of plants – will, among other benefits, generate seven tonnes of oxygen in a year and extract nine tonnes of C02 annually.