[Sigia-l] "Are Designers The Enemy of Design?"

[Donna Maurer]

Ziya Oz wrote:
> Surely.
>
> A short time ago, I was at a dinner gathering at the TriBeCa/NYC triplex of
> an architect. The wife and husband went on and on about the need to change,
> sustainability, impending doom, re-designing the world, etc. Al Gore's name
> was invoked countless times, as you can imagine.
>
> I looked around for that "balance." I couldn't find it in the huge Jacuzzi
> covered with a skylight or the fabulous custom made stainless steel kitchen
> or even the bamboo flooring. The couple told us that they just sold the pad
> for very close to $5 million that week, at what I suppose was sustainable
> profit.
>
> My current interest is the *rhetoric* of 'sustainable design.'
>
>   
Absolutely. They need to walk their talk.

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