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who said sustainable architecture had to be boring?

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mdler

MDLER WAS HERE

Mar 29, 07 6:15 pm  · 
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drums please, Fab?


yeah it's nice

Despite all the green materials and special techniques, the house cost $310 per square foot to build, not including the cost of land or landscaping, according to the architect.

cheap for l.a.
Mar 29, 07 6:31 pm  · 
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silverlake

$310 per square foot is cheap?? I want clients who think so.

I usually have about half that to work with...

Mar 29, 07 6:38 pm  · 
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drums please, Fab?

i guess looking at that thing i thought it would be over $400/s.f.

Mar 29, 07 6:48 pm  · 
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holz.box

I've had the pleasure of working on a few "sustainable" projects that looked as good or better.

There are several architects in europe right now that do that crazy sh*t all the time.

It'd be great to find an architect stateside interested in doing this kind of work.

Instead, I get relegated to detailing cutler-esque projects, and somehow that's sustainable. Right...

Mar 29, 07 9:51 pm  · 
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treekiller

what's wrong with detailing beautiful wooden boxes? it's much better then drawing gyp board!

do you at least get to grow moss on your roofs?

Mar 29, 07 10:01 pm  · 
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holz.box

ouch.

naw, pushing for a sedum roof, but client doesn't want the hassle.

Mar 29, 07 10:09 pm  · 
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treekiller

the rest of the county is still stuck with mcmansions and brick, at least you have some really cool tree stumps on brainbridge island.

Mar 29, 07 10:17 pm  · 
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try ivy on the walls...not as beneficial as green roofs but does give considerable amounts back

Mar 29, 07 10:45 pm  · 
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go green..

Apr 22, 07 4:23 pm  · 
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