Architecture and Design
- Cottage Industry: Ideas for Perking Up the Small Trad Bath
- After 9-11, the Design of Buildings Changed
- Oldies Are Goodies: Why Trad Places Count for Something
- Door, Man: 14 Scintillating Ideas for Entryways
- The Universal Appeal of Universal Design
- In Many Houses, Space Goes to Waste
- 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
Commercial Building
- After 9-11, the Design of Buildings Changed
- In Oregon, Timber Towers Are Now Code Words
- Good Sensors Make Jobsites More Intelligent
- Modular Moves Ever So Slowly to Jobsites
- The Sporting Life Is Moving Downtown
- Organized Thinking Is the Key to Efficient Construction
- On Jobsites, Will There Be Nobody to Talk to in 10 Years?
- Which Construction Jobs Are Most in Demand?
- For Subs, Time and Money Are Big Deals
- Percentage Play: Smart Buildings Have Nearly 20% Lower Energy Costs
Smart Cities
- Lots on Their Minds: Vacant Parcels Finally Getting Attention
- Wise Guise: Technologies That Will Make Cities Smart
- Smart Technologies That Will Push Smart Cities Ahead
- Fat City: AI Estimates a City’s Obesity by Checking Out the Built Environment
- Smart Thinking Is the Way to Go for Many Cities
- America’s 10 Greenest Cities
- Most People Don’t Think Smart Cities Are a Smart Idea
- Boning Up Instead of Tearing Down
- Water, Water Everywhere; Why Do We Keep Wading In?
- Cool Stuff: Philly’s Unexpected Move Up to Green Roofs
Money Watch
- Financial Crisis Is Still Rocking the Construction Industry
- 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
Traditional Building
- Cottage Industry: Ideas for Perking Up the Small Trad Bath
- Seeing Old Styles in a New Light
- Oldies Are Goodies: Why Trad Places Count for Something
- Kitchens Need More Floor for the Money
- Taking Old Ceilings to New Heights
- Boning Up Instead of Tearing Down
- Historic Heights: Ceiling Is Believing
- 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
Construction Know-How
- Game of Drones: How to Set Up a Working Program In House
- Time for a Change Order? How to Cut Them from Your Business
- VR Is Actually Making Jobsites Safer
- Is AI About to Become a Reality in the Construction Industry?
- Quickly, Modular Is Becoming a Model for the Industry
- Model Behavior: How to Make BIM a Bam
- Sensory Perception Can Help Keep Construction Workers Safe
- 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?
Green Building and Design
- Will Smart HVAC Become the Real Go-To Technology?
- Get Set for an Electrifying New Product: Concrete
- America’s 10 Greenest Cities
- Does Cement Have a Sustainable Future?
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- D.C. Is Up on Roofs–Green Roofs, That Is
- The Greening of American Roofing
- Report: 72 Million Homes to Be Doing the Sun Thing by 2030
- Are Renewables No Longer a Bridge Too Far?
- Five Fine Enviro-Friendly Building Materials
- Is LEED Now Leading from Behind?
Markets
- Oldies but Goodies: Aging Apartment Buildings Are Affordable Answers to the Housing Crisis
- Optimist’s Club: Housing Will Fly High for Some Years to Come
- In Many Houses, Space Goes to Waste
- 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?
- Will Boomers Blow Up the Housing Market?
- 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
Legalities
- Discrimination and Harassment: Managing a Construction Business in the New Environment
- 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