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Is the new Federal Building in San Francisco green?
Posted on 26 August 2009.
By Eric Corey Freed
Wonderful article on Thom Mayne’s new Federal Building that just opened here in San Francisco. It touches on some of the larger issues, namely, how the LEED Green Building Rating System often does not apply to such a large, unusual and design driven building. Read the full story
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Robots Building Our Homes?
Posted on 26 August 2009.
By Eric Corey Freed
The future of the profession of Architecture is in Rapid Prototyping and Contour Crafting. Imagine, robots building our buildings in a matter of days, not months. Read the full story
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Green Building Directories
Posted on 26 August 2009.
By Eric Corey Freed
There are several great directories available of green materials and green professionals. I am involved with several: Read the full story
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Why Water is So Fascinating
Posted on 25 August 2009.
By: Eric Corey Freed
Water is one of the few substances on Earth that expands when it freezes. Most materials contract.
(This is why you should not put a can of soda in the freezer…) Read the full story
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How will the suburbs survive?
Posted on 25 August 2009.
I recently had the pleasure of serving as a juror for the RE:burbia Competition (sponsored by Inhabitat and Dwell). Competitions provide an opportunity to explore ideas, needs and questions that often do not arise in the developer driven world of design. They serve a genuine need in the world of design, and have historically been responsible for moving the art of design forward. Read the full story
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Eric Corey Freed Interview in the NY Times
Posted on 12 August 2009.
A RECENT Amazon.com search for “green home†pulled up more than 15,000 book titles. Who has time to read them all? So this week, The Green Home tracked down Eric Corey Freed, the author of “Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies,†and asked him to distill this growing cottage industry of green advice into five must-do steps.
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