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Ray of Light

AS THE HOUSING INDUSTRY REELED THIS summer, several retirement and active adult communities seemed to flourish. Pulte Homes' Sun City neighb...
Shea Homes Enters Florida Market

Shea Homes, a private home builder based in Walnut, Calif., announced on Tuesday that it has entered the Florida home building market. Victo...
The Mill Street Cottages

Hard to believe this gem of an infill site was once occupied by a junkyard. “Local folklore even has it that the eccentric former owner had ...

2909

Boasting some of the most beautiful and well-maintained bungalows of the late 19th century is Washington's Cleveland Park neighborhood. Its ...
Butman Barn

Agoos/Lovera Architects was challenged with converting an early–20th-century Connecticut horse barn into a recreation facility and guesthous...
The Oxford House

When it comes to the adaptive reuse of churches, especially those with historic easements, one thing really matters: windows. Just ask archi...

A Helping Hand for Mobile-Home Buyers

Denver-based Yes Communities offers a way for owners to build up equity.
Housing Affordability Is Up, But Gaps Persist

After several years of seeing families priced out of the housing market by rapidly increasing prices, that trend began to reverse itself in ...
N.J. Lawmakers Lay Out Affordable Housing Plan

The Democratic leadership of New Jersey's State Assembly made public yesterday an ambitious plan designed to stimulate more affordable housi...

Icon At Playa Vista—Plan 4

Too often, city living means sacrificing space (and privacy) for location. But this Spanish-colonial townhouse, designed by JZMK Partners, a...
Icon At Playa Vista—Plan 1

For architect Eric Zuziak, inspiration for this unusual duplex wasn't hard to find. The contemporary lines and strong geometry of the three-...
Latitudes South At Vantis

In conceiving the most poetic use of this bluff-top location overlooking downtown Aliso Viejo, William Hezmalhalch Architects considered not...

Survival Instinct

Chris Coleman doesn't expect his housing market to get well anytime soon. As president of Northfield, Ill.–based The Dearborn-Buckingham Gro...
Biggie Smalls

SMALL BUILDERS USED TO BE OVERLOOKED by builder software companies, but that's changed as Constellation HomeBuilder Systems seeks to revive ...
Builder 100

Alan B. Levan of Levitt Corp is profiled as part of the 2006 Builder 100.

Get Niche Quick

When the market cools, specialization can be a very good thing.
10 Things You Need to Know About Modular Homes

Surely you've heard the industry's sales pitch by now: lower costs, speedy construction, excellent craftsmanship, and quality building produ...
Survival Instinct

Chris Coleman doesn't expect his housing market to get well anytime soon. As president of Northfield, Ill.–based The Dearborn-Buckingham Gro...

Get Niche Quick

When the market cools, specialization can be a very good thing.
Green Chi

A Silicon Valley infill project balances energy efficiency and energy flow.
Gateway to Green

One knock on sustainable housing is thatit’s pricey. Green is good, some say, but only for those who can afford it. Not at EcoUrban Homes, a...

Rebel Sell

Peek inside the homes in venerable neighborhoods in and around Raleigh, N.C., and you’ll likely encounter a preponderance of dark-glazed cab...
Noho Lofts

Any housing venture that promotes public transportation in auto-choked L.A. deserves props; this infill project meets that objective and mor...
UCLA Southwest Campus Housing

Packing a couple thousand graduate students into 11.4 acres is no easy feat, particularly when it involves knitting 840 units of campus hous...

Noho Lofts

Any housing venture that promotes public transportation in auto-choked L.A. deserves props; this infill project meets that objective and mor...
Mission Creek Community

This mixed-use project provides affordable housing for seniors in a new neighborhood adjacent to San Francisco's South of Market area. It is...
Herryford Village

Herryford Village was intended to be the same as hundreds of other neighborhoods Clark Realty Builders has developed with Torti Gallas and P...

If At First You Don't Succeed ...

Auction doesn't deter Seattle developer from considering future projects.
Housing Permits Sink to 14-Year Low

Housing permits reached a new 14-year low in October as housing starts, enhanced by a surge in multi-family unit construction, made a modest...
Noho Lofts

Any housing venture that promotes public transportation in auto-choked L.A. deserves props; this infill project meets that objective and mor...

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