This year’s honorees are transforming the conversation around housing.

The industry’s brightest minds will gather again this year for the second annual HIVE Conference, Dec. 6 and 7 in Los Angeles, to stimulate new ideas and shape the future of housing. The event also will celebrate 50 people, products, and processes that are leading the charge to inspire creativity, higher performance, and better solutions. Showcased here, these innovators highlight the importance of technology, data, research, and business know-how. This year’s list of honorees is separated into five categories—building technology, capital, design, intel, and strategy. Read on for a better understanding of the diverse, forward-thinking ideas that are impacting every aspect of housing.



  • All Honorees
  • Building Tech
  • Capital
  • Design
  • Intel
  • Strategy

Rohit Anand Principal, KTGY Architecture + Planning

intel

David Auld President and CEO, D.R. Horton

intel

Brian Bair and Jerry Coleman Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, OfferPad

capital

Jeff Blau CEO, The Related Cos.

strategy

BMC Ready-Frame

building tech

Marc Bovet Founder and president, BONE Structure

building tech

Nicolay Boyadjiev Designer, Strelka Institute for Media Architecture and Design

capital

Angela Brooks and Larry Scarpa Principals, Brooks + Scarpa

design

John Brooks President, BRINC Building Products

building tech

Eric Clifton Founder and CEO, Orison

building tech

John Cohlan CEO, Margaritaville Holdings

intel

Will Coleman CEO, Lucid

intel

Magued Eldaief CEO, Prescient

building tech

Dave Everson Owner and CEO, Mandalay Homes

design

Barbara and Mike Feigin Founders and owners, Design Tech Homes

strategy

GO Logic GO Lab

building tech

Emile Haddad Chairman and CEO, FivePoint Holdings

strategy

Shamayim Harris Founder and CEO, Avalon Village

capital

Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge Principals, nARCHITECTS

design

Kenneth Holt Secretary, Maryland SmartBuy, Maryland Department of
Housing and Community Development

capital

Florian Idenburg Founding Partner, SO-IL

design

IrisVR Prospect

building tech

Korte Co. 5D Macro BIM

design

Nitin Kulkarni President, Smart Energy, Honeywell Home and
Building Technologies

building tech

Brian Lee Design partner, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM)

design

Lennar Corp. Wi-Fi Certified Homes

design

Alex Lintner President of consumer information services, Experian

capital

Joe Lstiburek Founding principal, Building Science Corp.

building tech

Mehrdad Mahdjoubi Founder and CEO, Orbital Systems

building tech

Ben Miller CEO and co-founder, Fundrise

capital

Elon Musk CEO, Tesla

building tech

NEXTadventure home Taylor Morrison

intel

Michael Niemann President and founder, HercuTech

building tech

Eve Picker Founder and CEO, Small Change

capital

Dana Pillai Executive director, Well Living Lab, and president, Delos Labs

strategy

Eric Potter Director of Applied Innovation, Waterton

intel

Puyin Blockchain Group Sendera Ranch, Texas

capital

Keith Rabois, Eric Wu, Ian Wong, and JD Ross Co-founders, Opendoor

capital

Carlo Ratti Founder, MIT Senseable City Lab, Carlo Ratti Associati

design

Richard Riman Distinguished professor, Rutgers University, Department of
Materials Science and Engineering

building tech

Alexis Rivas Co-founder and CEO, Cover Technologies

design

Jonathan F.P. Rose Principal and president, Jonathan Rose Cos.

capital

William Rose Professor emeritus, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana

building tech

Aaron Salow CEO and co-founder, XOi Technologies

building tech

Christian Sanz CEO and founder, Skycatch

building tech

Sajiv Singh Developer, Aerial Robotic Infrastructure Analyst (ARIA)

building tech

Al Tozer Architectural designer, Tozer Design

design

University of Colorado Boulder Glass polymer metamaterial cooling film

building tech

Isami Wada Chairman and CEO, Sekisui House

strategy

Fritz Wolff Co-founder, Katerra

strategy