Cesar Rubio Photography, Copyright 2005
ScrapHouse was a temporary demonstration home which was built out of entirely scrap and reclaimed materials in front of San Francisco City Hall for World Environment Day 2005. Read more
It is not often that a natural disaster advances the sustainability agenda of a project, particularly when that disaster occurs during construction. However, this is exactly what happened when Hurricane Rita blew through Orange, Texas in September 2005. Read more
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