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Alexis Rivas

@alexisxrivas

Making quality custom homes for everyone with algorithms and robots. Cofounder & CEO @coverbuild

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Each U.S. city invents multi-page height specs (LA = 5 pages). 10,000+ height definitions across the country. Japan has one height definition nationwide. Where is housing more affordable?

Each U.S. city invents multi-page height specs (LA = 5 pages). 10,000+ height definitions across the country. 

Japan has one height definition nationwide. 

Where is housing more affordable?
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LA City alone has 3 square-foot formulas. Drive 5 mi to Santa Monica and you have new calculation methods. Zoom out: 10 000 + ways across the USA to calculate building floor area. Japan has one way to calculate it nationwide.

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Mies designed Farnsworth as a radical experiment: steel, all-glass, uninterrupted indoor outdoor connection. At Cover, (Cover) we believe extraordinary architecture shouldn’t be a one-off. It should be the standard for elevated living, every day.

Mies designed Farnsworth as a radical experiment: steel, all-glass, uninterrupted indoor outdoor connection.

At Cover, (<a href="/coverbuild/">Cover</a>) we believe extraordinary architecture shouldn’t be a one-off. It should be the standard for elevated living, every day.
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Visited Farnsworth again and still amazed by how little today’s housing learned from it. This wasn’t meant to be a museum piece - it was meant to push everyone forward.

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This has strayed far from the work of iconic designer Dieter Rams that historically influenced Apple’s design language. One of his principles: “Good design is as little design as possible.”

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Humans are incredible. We have figured out how to harness the power of fusion on our nearest star. The technology is called photovoltaic panels and it works by turning the sun's fusion energy into electricity here on earth.

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Huge accomplishment, congrats delian Will Bruey Varda Space Industries ! This means it now takes less paperwork to land a spacecraft than to rebuild a single family home in Los Angeles. Sounds like we’ve got some policy work to do.