DWELL magazine's September issue is on the newstand now. The cover story is entitltle "Green Goes Mainstream, Sustainable Homes of Tomorrow, Today".Inside the issue are several articles on green buildings including one featuring one of my favorite groups. Architechture for Humanity.The article is centered on their new book DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN which features projects from designers around the world whose projects are working to show what we build is as important ans how we build it. Schools, temorary transitional housing for people displaced by many causes from war to famine to flood are included.
Examples in the book include a 30k home in rural Alabama , a strawbale home for a Hopi Nation elder on the Hopi Nation, and permanent adobe homes built in Afghanistan in 2002 following the devastating earthquake there.
There is an article on how transportation shapes America as well, which is something that we, as REALTORS are becoming more sensitive to with the rising cost of oil creates more buyers interested in living closer to work or working from home. This definitely influences infill development projects and public transit systems. Neighborhoods that might not have been as desireable before are becoming much more so.
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