Comments for NY Super Studio Architects http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress Tapani Talo - Principal and Owner of NY Super Studio Architects Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense by Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense | Form Over Function http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/fashionable-architecture-vs-common-sense/#comment-14 Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense | Form Over Function Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=235#comment-14 [...] for allowing us to repost his insightful perspective of Form Over Function. Original post here) Architecture [...] [...] for allowing us to repost his insightful perspective of Form Over Function. Original post here) Architecture [...]

]]> Comment on The Truth about Green Building by Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/the-truth-about-green-building/#comment-13 Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:34:18 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=35#comment-13 [...] byword, not a reality. The smallest features are exaggerated in order to call a project green. Real Green Building, like practiced in some European countries, is truly green and not a gimmick. But this form of [...] [...] byword, not a reality. The smallest features are exaggerated in order to call a project green. Real Green Building, like practiced in some European countries, is truly green and not a gimmick. But this form of [...]

]]> Comment on The Truth about Green Building by Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense | NY Super Studio Architects http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/the-truth-about-green-building/#comment-12 Fashionable Architecture vs. Common Sense | NY Super Studio Architects Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:36:03 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=35#comment-12 [...] byword, not a reality. The smallest features are exaggerated in order to call a project green. Real Green Building, like practiced in some European countries, is truly green and not a gimmick. But this form of [...] [...] byword, not a reality. The smallest features are exaggerated in order to call a project green. Real Green Building, like practiced in some European countries, is truly green and not a gimmick. But this form of [...]

]]> Comment on Build a Green ‘Fun House’ and Save Half a Million on the Way by talo http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/build-a-green-%e2%80%98fun-house%e2%80%99-and-save-half-a-million-on-the-way/#comment-11 talo Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=210#comment-11 Sadly, people at large do not have access to do it right. Most of my Blogs are trying to address this in this very short format. Geo costs nothing if: 1. You do it at the time you need new heating and cooling equipment, as payback with current oil prices is sufficient. But full advantage is when one insulates the roof to R=60 and walls R=40, and ten gets full tax breaks. In addition the comfort alone is worth the effort for all my clients so far. And the need to drill is 1/4 or less than it would be for an average American 'Gas Guzzler home / office building'. After this, if one can install solar panels, with current tax breaks, one never has to worry about increased oil prices for home. And if your neighborhood / town is smart, they insist that local school installs a mega size wind generator with gas turbine back up, and you are free from Utility supplier, and long distance utility line power outages, earth quake and other disturbances But that is for an other blog. Sadly, people at large do not have access to do it right. Most of my Blogs are trying to address this in this very short format. Geo costs nothing if: 1. You do it at the time you need new heating and cooling equipment, as payback with current oil prices is sufficient. But full advantage is when one insulates the roof to R=60 and walls R=40, and ten gets full tax breaks. In addition the comfort alone is worth the effort for all my clients so far. And the need to drill is 1/4 or less than it would be for an average American ‘Gas Guzzler home / office building’. After this, if one can install solar panels, with current tax breaks, one never has to worry about increased oil prices for home. And if your neighborhood / town is smart, they insist that local school installs a mega size wind generator with gas turbine back up, and you are free from Utility supplier, and long distance utility line power outages, earth quake and other disturbances But that is for an other blog.

]]> Comment on Build a Green ‘Fun House’ and Save Half a Million on the Way by Jessica Janes http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/build-a-green-%e2%80%98fun-house%e2%80%99-and-save-half-a-million-on-the-way/#comment-10 Jessica Janes Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=210#comment-10 Love the combination of thoughtful green elements with the unique design. The lighting is playful. Everything I have read about geothermal has said the drilling is often very expensive and only one out of ten tries is successful. Have you found this to be true? Love the combination of thoughtful green elements with the unique design. The lighting is playful.

Everything I have read about geothermal has said the drilling is often very expensive and only one out of ten tries is successful. Have you found this to be true?

]]> Comment on How a Sound Engineer for the Rolling Stones Became a Green Architect by Build a Green ‘Fun House’ and Save Half a Million on the Way | NY Super Studio Architects http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/how-a-sound-engineer-for-the-rolling-stones-became-a-green-architect/#comment-9 Build a Green ‘Fun House’ and Save Half a Million on the Way | NY Super Studio Architects Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:44:56 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=11#comment-9 [...] with solar panels. These standards are about double the current North East energy codes, and as I have indicated in my previous blogs, savings and comfort beyond anybody’s imagination is the result. I had tested these standards in [...] [...] with solar panels. These standards are about double the current North East energy codes, and as I have indicated in my previous blogs, savings and comfort beyond anybody’s imagination is the result. I had tested these standards in [...]

]]> Comment on Why Green Building? by Most Spirited New York: A Look at New York Architecture | NY Super Studio Architects http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/why-green-building/#comment-7 Most Spirited New York: A Look at New York Architecture | NY Super Studio Architects Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:06:51 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=77#comment-7 [...] 2. Normal commercial office buildings and housing have to conform so rigorously to tenant standards (to the very last 1/8th of inch / or 3 mm), zoning envelope and cost per sq. ft. The skin has to be the thinnest possible, as long as we have this incredibly detrimental law of calculating rentable space to the outside plane of the glass. Until we change this, there cannot be truly smart GREEN buildings in New York. [...] [...] 2. Normal commercial office buildings and housing have to conform so rigorously to tenant standards (to the very last 1/8th of inch / or 3 mm), zoning envelope and cost per sq. ft. The skin has to be the thinnest possible, as long as we have this incredibly detrimental law of calculating rentable space to the outside plane of the glass. Until we change this, there cannot be truly smart GREEN buildings in New York. [...]

]]> Comment on The Truth about Green Building by Most Spirited New York: A Look at New York Architecture | NY Super Studio Architects http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/the-truth-about-green-building/#comment-6 Most Spirited New York: A Look at New York Architecture | NY Super Studio Architects Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:04:29 +0000 http://www.nysuperstudioarchitects.com/wordpress/?p=35#comment-6 [...] But even Durst cannot change the rental area calculation. The rental area is measured to the exterior of glass, and thus the curtain wall has to be as thin as possible. This, by default, results in less than perfect Green building. [...] [...] But even Durst cannot change the rental area calculation. The rental area is measured to the exterior of glass, and thus the curtain wall has to be as thin as possible. This, by default, results in less than perfect Green building. [...]

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