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A Conversation with Chad Oppenheim

The challenges of a residential architect going green in Miami.

Posted March 14, 2006

Andrew Blum speaks with Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture + Design, a residential architect going green in Miami. By strategizing ways to use design to the advantage of developers, Oppenheim aims to overcome convention and create stimulating places to live.

Click here to download the discussion (MP3 file).

Music courtesy: DJ Epoch

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