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Article: Feiner on sustainability: GSA's Chief Architect talks about the relationship between sustainability and toilet paper and unveils his secret for determining whether a Federal building is any good.(Sustainability)
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- Building Design & Construction
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- November 1, 2004
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As Chief Architect of the U.S. General Services Administration, Edward A. Feiner, FAIA, oversees an inventory of more than 350 million sf of Federal space for courthouses, office buildings, national laboratories, border stations, computer centers, and special-use projects. The GSA pipeline currently has over $10.5 billion in design and construction.
Feiner is passionate about the role of civic architecture in elevating the quality of life in America's cities and towns. While he does not look the part of a bureaucrat--his trademark cowboy boots are out of fashion in the Federal Triangle, except perhaps among the Idaho delegation to Congress--he is a cagey gamesman ...