Hi Doug, > On PBS (US federal government funded TV) a few days ago, I saw an > episode about "Huf Haus". It's apparently an English company founded > by > Germans that does "semi custom" "prefab" houses in a way not many > USicans will find familiar. I discovered on their web site that my > taste in houses and architecture leans toward the "Bauhaus school". > Great, now I've gotta go to the frickin' library. :-) I discovered a > few years ago in Darmstadt that I also like the Jungenstihl approach. > > US Agent: > http://www.dotgreenusa.com > > Parent Company: > http://www.huf-haus.com > > It's sort of an alpine chalet meets psychotic glazier design theme.
Architecture is something I find fascinating and something I enjoy taking photos of. About five years ago, a development of six of these were put up twenty mins walk from me in a gated development off a main road. I've always understood the panoramic views that can be had by locating one in a good open spot in a bit of land, but six sited very closely together with communal parking, struck me as rather odd, if for no other reason than privacy issues. Although the view behind is great, the bulk of the view is dominated by a motorway and one of the largest supermarket distribution centres in south-east England; this did not stop one being marketed and sold after a few months with an asking price of £985,000. I'm not sure if the location, proximity of other similar properties or the asking price shocks me most. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
