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's with a short history of the building that is being reviewed, The house being the concerned architects own home hence some mention has been made of what the house looked liked previously and how he managed to procure more land so as to complete his much needed ‘expansion to his existing property. Further mention of the architect's patented works sheds some light into the kind of projects that he undertakes. From this we come to know that the main focus of this projectis to provide an environmentriendly building. Mention of the location of the house and climate in the first few lines placesthe readers in the vicinity of the house, albeit subconsciously. Ageneral descr previously, allows the reader to familiarise oneself further with the surroundings. The writer swiftly moves onto the current situation and explains the planning of the project as well as how the architect infused the old concepts and blended them splendidly in the new expansion. ion of the housealong with the key design concepts involved, as it was This being an article primarily reserved for a magazine intended to provide insight into green building techniques, hence the writer does not harp on the description of the building too much ‘and wrapsit up giving the reader enough information to associate oneself with the project. The remainder of the article is occupied very simply in making one understand how the architect managed to incorporate green-building concepts into his home despite this being an expansive project for a residence. In this portion a large section has also being dedicated in promoting the architect's patented material that he has used extensively. Asa fitting conclusion, some quotes from the architect have been instilled to make the article muchlivelierfor a reader. tends carefully treadingalong the path of how, according to the architect, he managed to blendin his house to the natural environment of his surroundings keeping his core ideas intact as well asimprovising on the environment friendly atmosphere that he wanted to provide. The entire article has been carefully perked up by a series of excellent photographs that attempts to make ita joyful reading experience even for theaverage reader. A full page photograph followed by an entire page of writing is definitely a professional approach wherebythe majority of the article is thrust upon the reader immediately after a striking image. The remainder of the article is phased out slowly in the following three pages alongside a series of photographs with appropriate labels to tally with the article's matter. The final page has been left aside entirely for the technical drawings which include the two floor level plans along with an exterior perspective. The entirearticle has been divided loosely based on certain points: * Location © Historicalimportance * Description of the building * Design concepts applied + Whyitisto bea green-building? © The problems faced during making it one * Solvingthe problems to make a green building * Advertising of products used * Chances of future application of same technique + How well house fitsinto natural environment * Conclusions and achievements Amajor drawback is the usage or placementof plans. It has been allocated thelast pageto givea better idea of the entire building, but by this time one has probably harboured some imaginations of their own of how the building looks like, which may be different from the actual. Although an effort has been made to make the reader understand the natural environment, yet there seems to be some gaps in the writers story of how the architect has blended his building into the natural environment of the coastal climate of the concerned region. Clearbalance has been afforded to the two large sections of the story. Firstly, it allowsthe history and description of the building to occupy the minds of the reader before throwing him into the main issue of green-building concepts its use, future and commercial viability with a fitting conclusion spruced up with some words by the architect himself to make the entire article afine body of work.

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