Karim Rashid - Karma's a Bitch!

Remember that Karim Rashid article a while back...this one...where he was all like "I'm not a licensed architect, but I'm so awesome I'm designing 11 buildings? Well, according to this article today, maybe he should rethink that a bit: The Department of Buildings audited the design for an eight-story apartment building on 329 Pleasant Ave. in December after receiving multiple complaints about the proposed structure. The audit found several zoning violations, including the height of the building and the height and size of the balconies, DOB spokesman Alexander Schnell said. "If the applicant doesn't clear the objections by remedying the underlying conditions, the agency could revoke their permits," Schnell said. BTW, NYC zoning only allows balconies to take up 1/2 the width of a building...his design appears to be full width. Good luck fixing that and the height of the building. I guess architecting is harder than it looks.

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