Bath of the Year and Grand: best master bath in a remodeled home. More
Utility companies will be able to interact with home control systems through smart meters. More
A Houston-based nonprofit takes aim at a void in delivering healthy indoor air. More
Faced with a square concrete warehouse and only one wall of north-facing windows, Anne Fougeron, AIA, worked magic by adding a grasshopperlike penthouse bedroom that alights on the building's surface, opening the entire loft to the sun. More
Americans have been developing and refining the single-family suburban home for more than a century, and the form continues to evolve, reflecting changes in lifestyle and family relations. More
The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with resins containing no added urea formaldehyde, thus reducing emissions that can degrade indoor air quality. The proprietary process also helps the panel line meet federal emissions standards and those of several states, including California's tough CARB air-quality legislation. In addition, the GreenT line features optional -recycled-content core material in its hardwood plywood, MDF, veneer-core, and particleboard-core panels, and all GreenT panels use wood certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. More
This 3,600-square-foot surburban home isn't a typical project for Chris Pardo, principal and co-founder (with David Biddle) of Pb Elemental Architecture. The Seattle-based firm, whose specialties include design, construction, and development, normally focuses on high-density infill projects in urban areas. More
- A federal judge in California rules against a new employment measure by the Department of Homeland Security. - Incentive Real Estate is referring buyer prospects to builders participating in a program through which buyers earn up to 250,000 air miles fornew home purchases. - A recent study by the California Building Industry Association find that California's Hispanic homeownership rate is less than average for Hispanic Americans. More
An advanced framing package is likely to include as much engineered lumber as possible, which not only reduces the amount of lumber required, but also makes more efficient use of forest resources and is less likely to warp in application, meaning a tighter structure with less thermal transfer. More
