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Bohdan is correct too. Another point is that the majority of large
and small companies responsible for 95% or more of the housing
market are predominantly run not by builders, architects or
designers, but by accountants, marketers, those with business
backgrounds. Design has little to do with most housing short of
selling a product. Their unrealistic, and frequently deceptive
(just look at the exclusions), advertised prices give people a
warped idea of what it costs to build something well. Marketing is
less about giving people what they need and much more to do with
telling people that what they need is what you are selling - how
many on this list <i>need</i> to browse the internet from your
phone, for example? One of the best books on this is "The Lorax" by
Dr. Seuss!<br>
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-Andrew<br>
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On 13/05/2011 8:57 AM, Bohdan Dorniak wrote:
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="421464822-12052011"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Derek</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="421464822-12052011"><font
size="2" face="Arial">What Andrew says is correct.
Architects are generally taught sustainable design and I
remember being taught to look at "architect's bibles" like
the AJ Metric Handbook - which gave minimum spaces
required for various functional rooms to design. There are
many such standards around.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="421464822-12052011"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Maybe the high volume builders need to
employ architects.</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="421464822-12052011"><font
size="2" face="Arial">I have many owner designers produce
monstrous houses in the name of "green design".</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="421464822-12052011"><font
size="2" face="Arial">Bohdan</font></span></div>
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