Site Matters

No conversation about green building can commence without a discussion about the site.

Green production housing for the middle market is perfectly doable, and Green Builders of Austin, Texas is showing how it’s done.

Energy-Efficient Design

Setting a Solar Standard

Forced to offer solar as an option to gain its permits, Vantage of Palo Alto went a step further and made PV a standard feature.
Projects We Like: Graham Street Lofts

A boutique, mixed-use loft project offers green living in a gray town. See it in pictures.
No House is an Island

Is a green-built home in a sea of suburbia truly sustainable?

Predict and discuss the future of the home building industry.

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A Tale of Two Master Plans

The home building industry is in for a long, grueling winter, but there are signs of spring on the horizon. At opposite ends of the country...
Wofford College Housing Village

Most college students can't wait to get out of the dorms and into off-campus housing. At Wofford College, seniors have a reason to stick...
Aqua Island Homes

LIFE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND offers some unexpected delights in this infill paradise. Proving that New Urbanism need not be synonymous with...

Conventional wisdom hits the chopping block in this year’s kitchen and bath competition.

They are greenfields, brownfields, grayfields, and desert outposts. The 44th annual Gold Nugget Awards celebrate Western projects that...

The architecture was inspired and the site planning exemplary, but the biggest winner in the 2007 Builder's Choice Awards was Mother Earth.

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Kitchen Cabinets for Men

German high-end kitchen manufacturer Poggenpohl has always prided itself on cutting-edge modern products , but its latest launch is...
The 2008 Watermark Awards

Conventional wisdom hits the chopping block in this year’s kitchen and bath competition.
235 Eudora Street

When you're building in an infill environment, neighbors inevitably become part of the design equation. To avoid putting on a show for the...

60 Clermont Street

DESIGNER DEBRA TONEY DESCRIBES the exterior elevation style of this Denver spec home as Asian-influenced Arts and Crafts. It's an aesthetic...
Old Dominion Showhouse, Mclean, Va.

IS IT RETRO? IS IT CONTEMPORARY? This heavenly, 340-square-foot master bath defies any one label, proving that eclecticism can be stunning...
The 2007 Watermarks Awards

You can always count on the wet areas of a home to serve as laboratories for experimentation and as harbingers of what's hot in residential...

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