Reply #47: He is also helping finance a Low income housing project in New Orleans [View All]

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Pitt Aids New Orleans with New Housing Design Initiative
HOLLYWOOD - Brad Pitt is putting his passion for architecture to good use in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans--he's the big name behind a new project to build affordable, green housing in the city.

The movie star has sponsored a Global Green competition to find forward-thinking architects who can help rebuild New Orleans--and he was in Louisiana yesterday to announce the winner, New York firm Workshop/APD.

Pitt used the design competition's conclusion to make his own feelings known about the government's reaction to the Hurricane Katrina devastation.
Pitt's new Global Green initiative will create communities of low-income, stylish housing which makes the most of natural resources to cut bills by as much as 65 percent.

The movie star explains, "I love that it can be replicated and not in a cookie-cutter style. At the same time, where it really wins is, if done properly, we can completely get rid of the idea of an energy bill.
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