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Brad Pitt Unveils Flood-Surviving Float House for Make It Right Foundation

10/06/2009
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    Brad Pitt has been making waves in the green building world lately, so it's only appropriate that the newest house completed for his Make It Right Foundation project be a floating one. Being revealed today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, the Float House by Morphosis Architects, goes beyond sustainable design and construction and is built within the context of its environment - it can float. In case of flooding, the home can literally break away from it's moorings and rise up up to 12 feet on two guideposts....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/brad-pitt-unveils-floating-house-for-make-it-right-foundation/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Make It Right Foundation's Float House
    Brad Pitt has been making waves in the green building world lately, so it's only appropriate that the newest house completed for his Make It Right Foundation project be a floating one. Being revealed today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, the Float House by Morphosis Architects, goes beyond sustainable design and construction and is built within the context of its environment - it can float. In case of flooding, the home can literally break away from it's moorings and rise up up to 12 feet on two guideposts....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/brad-pitt-unveils-floating-house-for-make-it-right-foundation/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Make It Right Foundation's Float House
    Brad Pitt has been making waves in the green building world lately, so it's only appropriate that the newest house completed for his Make It Right Foundation project be a floating one. Being revealed today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, the Float House by Morphosis Architects, goes beyond sustainable design and construction and is built within the context of its environment - it can float. In case of flooding, the home can literally break away from it's moorings and rise up up to 12 feet on two guideposts....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/brad-pitt-unveils-floating-house-for-make-it-right-foundation/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Make It Right Foundation's Float House
    Brad Pitt has been making waves in the green building world lately, so it's only appropriate that the newest house completed for his Make It Right Foundation project be a floating one. Being revealed today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, the Float House by Morphosis Architects, goes beyond sustainable design and construction and is built within the context of its environment - it can float. In case of flooding, the home can literally break away from it's moorings and rise up up to 12 feet on two guideposts....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/brad-pitt-unveils-floating-house-for-make-it-right-foundation/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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make it right float house

Brad Pitt has been making waves in the green building world lately, so it's only appropriate that the newest house completed for his Make It Right Foundation project be a floating one. Being revealed today in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, the Float House by Morphosis Architects, goes beyond sustainable design and construction and is built within the context of its environment - it can float. In case of flooding, the home can literally break away from it's moorings and rise up up to 12 feet on two guideposts....

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