McKinley House
The Southern California architect runs a firm called Syndesis that is well known for its sustainable design expertise and for developing a “green” concrete called Syndecrete. He first designed a 2,400-square-foot house for himself and his family in 1996 i
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LOCATION
Venice, California V
ARCHITECTURALFIRM
DESIGNERS
YEAR
David Hertz Architects/Syndesis
David Hertz and Stacy Fong
2004
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