questions for LH tour

- to what extent were the "green" interior fixtures and furnishings the choice of the client or the choice of the architect/designers?

- According to the website, LH homes are sturdier than stick-built because they need to be able to withstand the loads of transportation from factory to site. However, do LH homes require more materials for support than the average stick-built home in this respect?

- I noticed on the website that LH is very interested in the philosophy behind the Modernist movement, and that both Hertz and Kappe work in a similar style. Does LH have plans to hire architects working in more disparate styles or is "warm modernism" going to be a common thread through all of the houses that LH markets?

- Sensitivity to place is a very important point made in a lot of the discourse on sustainable building. If LH were to built in another climate and geographical locale altogether, would it adapt styles or stick with the same designs?

- People often DIY-style remodel their own homes, making it truly theirs over the span of the house's life. With an architect-customized home, even a pre-designed plan, I assume this DIY dynamic will be entirely different. Nonetheless, how much of the the house is open to personalization without the help of the architect or consultant? Is there a level of artistic control that is solely in the hands of the architect?

- Do you think prefabrication could ever allow homes to become a mass-produced commodity? (Although the answer is probably not - even within LH's standard parts comes customization; and it would be pure hypocrisy to preach sustainability and then churn out a universal, anonymous product.) Better question: Will LH's choice to go prefab eventually result in cheaper homes that are more accessible to the middle class?