Image Courtesy of: archdaily.com Parking garages are generally considered to be a necessary evil: necessary because everyone drives; evil because they are usually drab, ugly concrete structures that take up valuable urban space. Yet in recent years, architects and designers have been working to counter this view , by adding solar panels, giving preference to hybrid cars , and g… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage?
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Robert Stern is Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, discussing sustainable design in Environment Yale. UTNE Reader picks up the story and illustrates it with….. a parking garage? “I don’t think sustainability is a design aesthetic, any more than having electricity in your building, or telephones, or anything else,” says Ster… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Quote of the Day: Robert Stern on When All Architecture is Green Architecture
An exploration of how similar these movies really are. [ Ed Note : Whatever. I liked it better when all of the characters were blue.] (Via Vimeo .) The Best Links: ‘Avatar’: ‘Pocahontas’ With Blue People [PIC] Watch
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After being defeated for reelection in 2006, Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA) just up and left her old Volkswagen Jetta in a parking garage used by members of Congress. Meaning, our congresspeople write things like, “I wish my wife was this dirty,” or, “F-ing wash me!” on dirty car windows. You people are a bunch of goddamn third graders! The Best Links: Defeated congresswoman’s car still in House parking lot — more than 3 years later — even though she’s a registered lobbyist She’s now, naturally, a lobbyist. View
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