[Greenbuilding] ten car garage house

[molassesK]

Rather reminds me of a "That Mitchell and Webb Look" sketch where the English cellists with the Swedish orchestra decide they'd rather turn their London flat into an airport than commute to the airport to fly to Sweden all the time... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaaHGAB8yTY 

Kathleen 

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From: "Benjamin Pratt" <benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com> 
To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org> 
Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 8:52:09 AM 
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] ten car garage house 

Maybe less ugly, but just as ostentatious 
http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2008/06/exploring-john.html 


On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:01 AM, David Bergman < bergman at cyberg.com > wrote: 



Somewhat relatedly (though not nearly in the same category), this NYTimes article the other day sent all the wrong messages and was typically (for the Times) way behind the trends. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/greathomesanddestinations/oaks-in-their-midst.html?ref=realestate 

And re the 10-car garage house, I love that they tried to invoke superficial biomimicry. 

David Bergman RA LEED AP 

architect - David Bergman Architect 
designer - Fire & Water Lighting 
author - Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide 
blog - EcoOptimism 
adjunct faculty - Parsons The New School for Design 

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At 11:32 PM 10/3/2013, Sacie Lambertson wrote: 

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This is truly gross: 

http://dornob.com/mountain-hugging-house-designed-to-wrap-around-a-hilltop/ 

On the other hand, this one is interesting with an unfortunate dearth of construction detail: 

http://dornob.com/rustic-modern-concrete-rammed-earth-house-design/ 

Sacie 
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