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I am in Australia and we and hundreds of other people from all over the world invested over $30,000.00 each to the Title Connection Trust under the pretense this was all set up by Bradd Pitt. The person we were dealing direct with was Leslie Younger but now she refuses to communicate to any one and the money accounting to Millions has all but vanished, and we have now been told we must get lawyers to try and get some if any of the money back. I find this disgusting that investors from all over.... More

I have been living in New Orleans my entire life and these designs are ridiculous.
First of all these designs are way too modern and ridiculous looking to fit into the scenery in the 9th ward. Secondly, people in the 9th ward will not be living in huge houses. I mean c'mon lets be honest. The 9th ward is one of the poorest parts (and most violent parts) of New Orleans and they want to throw in these huge modern looking houses. I may seem negative about the whole situation but this is just.... More

Celebrities need to stop getting their hands involved in things they know nothing about like "thinking"

To help with resisting the hurricane winds, there needs to be some designs taking advantage of circular structures. Naturally a round home will hold up against high winds much better than the flat walls that are shown in the designs above. I don't know why the designers aren't taking this truth into consideration.

Being a New Orleanian and a designer, I like the 1st design the best.

Almost all of our houses are raised, elderly residents or not. Just a good rain can bring on street flooding! Our houses must be raised, and Katrina showed us they should be raised even more. And saying things like it shouldn't be rebuilt shows ignorance. If that is the case, then the same goes for San Francisco, New York, the entire state of Florida, etc. We all have our issues. Flooding is New Orleans'. .... More

The fact that your building is required to be built on on stilts 10' above ground should tell you that you its a bad idea to build there.

I admit I stumbled upon this and am comming from a different angle. I am into Green building, pasive solar, and Sustainable designs. I don't see much of that there. Let's make it right needs to, do it right the first time. These need to be green design with local deisgns and products. They also need to incorporate Sustainable energy implementations that are apropriate for the area. Solar, wind, water collerction and reuse, smart building materials, etc.
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This is silly. For the cost of a single one of these homes to be built, you could probably build four average homes.

Quality sustainable design is a much better investment.

So basically your saying that god forbid the 9th ward gets flooded again, it would be better for people to drown in the flood waters then walk up a few stairs? That makes no sense...

Pitt may look good fly-fishing and cradle-to-cradle thinking makes sense, but these are crazy!!

As a founding member of Furnishing For Hope, I have been to the Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish to help the residents furnish their homes. While the homes are stylish, they are not practical for the area. Forget the stigma associated with the Lower 9th ward, the homes are out of place with the other homes in the area that are being rebuilt by other organizations. A true waste of resources.