Building Products
- Does Cement Have a Sustainable Future?
- The Greening of American Roofing
- Building Products That Take the Sting Out of Labor Shortages
- Terra Cotta: Back on Terra Firma
- Five Fine Enviro-Friendly Building Materials
- Cork’s Coming of Age
- Are Recessed Kitchen Fixtures Always the Light Choice?
- The Right Recipe: Baker’s Dozen of Universally Designed Products
- Recyling Time: 15 Products Sourced from Recycled Stuff
- Choosing the Right Stove for Your Trad Kitchen
Architecture and Design
- Are We About to Close the Book on Open Floor Plans?
- Designed Well, Homeless Shelters Can Be Welcome in the Neighborhood
- Paper Chase: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Are Now in the LOC’s Digital Collection
- The Outsized Potential of Infill Redevelopment
- Sizing Up the Farmhouse Look
- Terra Cotta: Back on Terra Firma
- The Formal Where Is No Longer There
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- Universal Design: Right Stuff for Tight Spaces
- Bathroom Islands: Paradise or Purgatory?
- Weaving Home: the Knitting Together of Fallingwater
Money Watch
- Should Paying Off the Mortgage Be a Burning Desire? Not Necessarily
- Not a Nostalgia Trip: 30 Years Ago, the Housing Market Was Healthier
- Don’t Blame High Housing Prices for Baby-Free Cities
- A House May Be a Home, but It’s Also a Bank
- No Surprise Here: New York City Is Most Expensive Place to Build
- Art for Housing’s Sake
- They’re Underwater; Why Are They Still Paying?
- Why Do Apartments Make Money–Lots of Money–for Developers?
- The Square Deal on Calculating Square Footage
- NAHB: Tax Reform Is a Good Deal for Housing, Builders, Remodelers
Traditional Building
- Boning Up Instead of Tearing Down
- Historic Heights: Ceiling Is Believing
- Are We About to Close the Book on Open Floor Plans?
- Kit Hits: Ready-to-Assemble Homes of the 20th Century
- Paper Chase: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Are Now in the LOC’s Digital Collection
- Vintage Kitchen Designs: Everything Old Is New Again
- Fixing Old Floors: Tips and Techniques
- Restoring Painted Wood Floors
- What Hue Need to Know About Colorful Victorians
- New Takes on Old-Fashioned Porch Supports
Construction Know-How
- Pre-Fabbing May Be the Smartest Way to Build a House, After All
- Successful Remodelers Don’t Do These Things
- Will AI Make Construction Faster and Safer?
- Will AI Ever Be SOP in the Construction Industry?
- Restoring Painted Wood Floors
- Not So Fast: In Construction, Tradition Still Rules (Mostly)
- Trick? Company Says Robot Can Lay Brick–Fast
- Responding–Productively–to Bad Reviews
- Robots Put Together a Timber Frame? No Sweat!
- Take Notes: KPIs Are Becoming SOP
Green Building and Design
- Does Cement Have a Sustainable Future?
- Cool Stuff: Philly’s Unexpected Move Up to Green Roofs
- D.C. Is Up on Roofs–Green Roofs, That Is
- The Greening of American Roofing
- Pre-Fabbing May Be the Smartest Way to Build a House, After All
- Report: 72 Million Homes to Be Doing the Sun Thing by 2030
- Are Renewables No Longer a Bridge Too Far?
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- Five Fine Enviro-Friendly Building Materials
- Is LEED Now Leading from Behind?
- Cork’s Coming of Age
Markets
- Showing Their Age: Half of American Houses Were Built Before 1980
- Millennial March: Cities? Suburbs? Both?
- How Much of Home Buying Is an Educational Experience?
- House About That? Boomers and Millennials Are Defying Expectations
- Not a Nostalgia Trip: 30 Years Ago, the Housing Market Was Healthier
- Prefab Housing Has Been the Next Big Thing for a Long, Long Time
- Where Is Housing Headed?
- Is the New Flight from Cities to Suburbs Really Happening?
- What’s the New Entry Level for Aging Customers?
- Fab Pre-Fab: Developers Are Putting Up Entire Apartment Buildings
Legalities
- Water, Water Everywhere; Why Do We Keep Wading In?
- Construction Insurance: Anything New? Yes!
- The Legal Risks of Delegated Design
- For Competitive People, Non-Competes Are Non-Starters
- Sometimes Arbitration Really Is the Right Answer
- For Construction Workers, It’s an Unhealthy Situation
- Despite Storms, Some States Won’t Change Building Codes
- Playing by the Rules Is a Losing Proposition
- Construction Insurance: How to Stay Out of the Loser’s Circle
- Basic Insurance Builders Should Cover