Showing posts with label home building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home building. Show all posts
April 13, 2009
Made in China – your new home
No, I’m not talking about kids’ toys, and I’m not joking, at least not about the sheetrock that may be making you sick.
May 05, 2008
More than just McMansions
Seattle Weekly, that city’s alt-weekly, has a variety of names for the more obnoxious eyesores among today’s homestyles in the Emerald City. (I use the word “homes” loosely.)
There’s the FAR-monster of floor-area ratio problems, the Misfit of bad exterior design, the Pig Nose of an extra-ugly two-car garage snout, the Appalachian (or fill in other southern joke), the Iraq-inspired Green Zone Special and more.
Check it out. There’s even a link at the end of the story to the worst offenders.
There’s the FAR-monster of floor-area ratio problems, the Misfit of bad exterior design, the Pig Nose of an extra-ugly two-car garage snout, the Appalachian (or fill in other southern joke), the Iraq-inspired Green Zone Special and more.
Check it out. There’s even a link at the end of the story to the worst offenders.
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