UK—Damien Hirst is branching out into environmentally sustainable real estate, according to the Los Angeles Times’ Jamie Wetherbe. Hirst is investing in the development of five hundred new ecologically sustainable houses near North Devon, UK, where he resides. Wetherbe notes that the buildings will feature “hidden rooftop wind turbines, photovoltaic solar panels, and state-of-the-art insulation” among other features meant to set the standard for green design. Mike Rundell, Hirst’s architect, stated: “[Hirst] has a horror of building anonymous, lifeless buildings. He wants these houses to be the kind of homes he would want to live in.”

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