Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Architecture competition sponsored by the Green Builders of America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Green Builders of America and the Turner Foundation announce:

20 × 20 × 20: The Twenty Mile House

Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years in the Future

Deadline for submission: February 1

Bernadette Fox’s Twenty Mile House no longer stands. There are few photos of it, and Ms. Fox is purported to have destroyed all plans. Still, its relevance grows with each passing year. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Twenty Mile House, the Green Builders of America, in conjunction with the Turner Foundation, invite architects, students, and builders to submit designs to reenvision and rebuild the Twenty Mile House and, in doing so, open a dialogue for what it means to “build green” in the next twenty years.

The challenge: Submit plans for a 3-bedroom, 4,200-sf single-family residence at 6528 Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. The only restriction is the one Ms. Fox placed on herself: Every material used must come from within twenty miles of the building site.

The winner: Will be announced at the GBA/AIA gala at the Getty Center and be awarded a $40,000 prize.