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I like it, and I don't really like most modern architecture. They did something right that others miss.
I got to "debate" Steve Glenn, the builder and occupant of that house, for Pro Builder magazine. They were trying to drum up some conflict between NAHBgreen and LEED-h but it turns out, of course, that he's a really nice guy and very passionate about what he does, and has a clientèle that thinks it's cool to spend $400 per square foot on a house if it's built right and we ended up making plans to go out and have a beer together (which hasn't happened yet.)
We didn't agree that the marketplace has room for both LEED-h and NAHBgreen but we disagreed in a climate of mutual respect which may not have been what the magazine was looking for.
Those LEED boys are accusing us builders of being in cahoots with the lumber barons and vinyl siding industry and we builders are saying LEED-h is a make work program for underemployed architects and engineers. But the real bottom line is there is a place for LEED-h in the $800,000 and up market and there is a place for NAHBgreen in the 150,000 and up market and they do overlap but not as much as the conflict would make you think.
Steve's homes and his website are beautiful works of art but you can't stop global warming building $400 per square foot homes. Nice work if you can get it though, I'm jealous as heck.
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I didn't like it. It would be hard to live in, especially with a family.
It didn't say where it was located.
That picture with all the big windows made me think they are going to cook in there during the summer. And the glare is going to be uncomfortable to the eyes.
That's my take.
Rich
Thanks for that. I believe that house was in Dwell magazine and i remember wanting to peek inside.
Don't like the non-staggered joints in the concrete blocks, looks bad, and because it's not structurally sound would have to have more material behind it to compensate for not laying the block correctly
I do admit it. It's too cool for me.
I want a center hall colonial that can be built well for $100/sf and heated with a light bulb.
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Hey, my daughter's got just that -
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Forrest - and I was at that party on the roof! (that's me, face-down in the yard)
Edited 1/23/2008 12:26 pm by McDesign
"I want a center hall colonial that can be built well for $100/sf and heated with a light bulb."
I just finished a 3-bedroom traditional for $105/sf that can be heated with a few lightbulbs. It can be done.Riversong HouseWright
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It's a cool house. If only I thought you could actually commercialise "green." Top quality and the builder should be proud. But selling more green makes me sick to my stomach.
Whats so green about this house???? Looks like a lot of unused space. Their is nothing green about new construction. Any which way you slice it building is bad for the enviroment. I understand that there are more efficient ways to build but that still does not change the fact that building hurts the earth
Hey look at all that carbon sequestration on the walls, ha, ha and the silica sequestration on the openings they help to keep our planet from turning into a sandy desert.