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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | GREEN GODDESS JANUARY 9, 2012 When the Earth Meets the Sky Architect Feldman Architecture, San Francisco, Calif. Green roof and landscape design Jori Hook Landscape Architecture, San Francisco, Calif. Builder JP Builders, Oakland, Calif. Looking through the Builder Online I found perhaps one of the most striking green roof projects. Grass Ceiling Planted roofs help two cottages fit snugly into their unspoiled surroundings. Green Roof | COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION APRIL 10, 2010 Extreme Building Codes After losing his Oakland home to a wildfire in 1991, Randolph Langenbach, a retired senior analyst at FEMA and a professor emeritus of architecture at UCB, started from scratch. He thinks there is much to be learned from indigenous architectures that have been honed in quake-plagued environments." skip to main | skip to sidebar Collaborative Construction Blog Collaborative Construction Resources, LLC helps stakeholders in the construction industry craft, negotiate and implement integrated agreements. Were BUILT to integrate! Extreme Building Codes Save Lives James L. | | | | | | | GREEN GODDESS JUNE 23, 2009 Pre Fab may now be Post Fab had stumbled upon Michelle Kaufman's office in Oakland one day and was completely fascinated with her designs, approach and concepts with regard to pre-fab housing. They become trendy, architectural statements rather than simple methods of solving the issue of cost-effective housing for the masses. We’re not suggesting that the correct solution to pre-fab housing is the ubiquitous double-wide model that has spread like cancer, but there has to be a more sensible balance between architectural design and conventional utility. I was a great advocate of pre-fab housing. | GREEN GODDESS FEBRUARY 4, 2011 The Next Great Fab Friday, February 4, 2011 The Next Great Fab I was a big fan of Prefab design housing when I stumbled on Michelle Kaufmanns office in Oakland a few years ago. Green Goddess Musing about Sustainable Issues in a planet hell bent on being anything but. Both a skeptic and an optimist trying to reconcile what it means to live in our current climate - and that means more than the weather. | |
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