‘Electric Car’ director greens events
Marrakesh House offers eco-friendly party space
“The greenest event is no event at all; just everybody stay at home,” says “Who Killed the Electric Car?” director Chris Paine. “But,” he adds, “I’m not a purist like that.”
Paine, in fact, is a regular fixture on Hollywood’s green social scene, often pulling up to premieres and parties in his show-stopping Tesla, but these days he’s just as likely to leave his electric sports car at the charging station while the party comes to him.
In June, the director unveiled his latest work: a state-of-the-art, eco-chic event space in the 1957 post-and-beam house in Culver City that he also calls home. Named Marrakesh House for its riadlike central courtyard and shared latitude with the Moroccan city, the 4,300-square-foot residence is almost completely solar powered, and an organic garden overflows with herbs, heirloom lettuces, squash, watermelon and more.
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