A Green Family House - Austin
Planet Home: Ecological homes from around the globe
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Documentary, Special Interest
Texas' capital city is Austin where the city aims to be being carbon neutral.
Christopher Brown wanted to give this neighbourhood, a traditionally poor and neglected one, a new image and thus decided to build a fresh take on a family house on an old industrial field.
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