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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 03:26 PM
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Interesting house


Home tour: A Venice addition made of three living walls

By Debra Prinzing
( Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times )
You may have heard of living walls, but how about a living box? The exterior walls of the new wing of the Bricault family's Venice home are clad in sedums and other succulents, which soften the contemporary architecture so it looks like a plush, verdant floating cube.

Owner Paul Bricault likes the way the horticultural house gets people talking. "Everyone who comes here looks at it with this quixotic expression. We get all sorts of questions, including, do we have roots coming through the inside walls?"

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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 03:36 PM
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1. That is sooooo neat !
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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 03:57 PM
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2. Nice. Garden roofs supposely keep inside cooler in summer. n/t
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