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Is the new Federal Building in San Francisco green?

Posted on 26 August 2009. Tags: , , , ,

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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