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Beauty and the Beach

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Human beauty may be fleeting, but in the world of architecture and interior design, beauty lasts. “Beauty is a very green feature,” says Christian Wagley, who oversees environmental issues at an eco-focused Florida beach community. “We tend to keep and value beautiful things. If they need to be fixed, we fix them. Ugly buildings, on the other hand, tend to be torn down.”