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Sun room with large skylights and screen door looking out onto a landscaped backyard

Design

Bringing the Outside in: The Benefits of Biophilic Design

From promoting organic materials to using natural lighting, biophilic design aims to blur the line between indoor and outdoor spaces

3D printer at work on walls of a single-family home

Innovation

Could 3D Printing Provide Homes That Cost Under $99,000 to Build?

A design competition in Austin seeks to find out

Design

9 Standout Spaces With Small but Mighty Design Details

These design details from the 2023 Best in American Living Awards deliver big inspiration

High-performance building envelope home with prefabricated panelized construction

Design

New Initiative Enables Builders to Reduce Embodied Carbon

Launched by the nonprofit RMI, HomebuildersCAN helps single-family and low-rise multifamily builders address an often-overlooked problem in home construction

Design

The New American Home 2024: Modern Features, Timeless Comfort

Explore the design elements and unique, luxe details that combine to create a sense of comfort and relaxed indoor/outdoor living in The New American Home 2024

The New American Home 2024 front elevation and entryway

Design

4 Inspiring Adaptive Reuse Projects With Real Impact

From former schools to warehouses, these adaptive reuse projects—winners in the 2023 Best in American Living Awards—succeed in creating new housing and revitalizing their neighborhoods

The Peabody School adaptive reuse project in Chicago is a 2023 BALA winner

Design

Kid-Friendly Home Design Four Ways

Do your ‘family’ homes really deliver great design for parents and their children? Here are four clever home design ideas that consider kids and adults alike

Kid-friendly home design ideas keep adults and kids happy

House Review

4 Single-Family Build-to-Rent Home Designs Offering Comfort and Construction Efficiency

Single-family rentals are popular. Take a look at these detached-home design ideas for the single-family build-to-rent market, one of the fastest-growing segments of single-family construction

Design

Are Agrihoods a Growth Opportunity?

Including a farm in your master plan isn’t just trendy, it also gives back

The Chickahominy Falls agrihood in Richmond, Va., includes a 10-acre working farm

Design

Attainable Housing Solutions (and More) at IBS 2024

A handful of homes at Pro Builder’s Show Village at IBS 2024 offer a path forward for providing high-quality, lower-cost housing nationwide

The Wedge model by Cavco: an example of attainable housing that will be at Show Village at IBS 2024

Design

A Smart Single-Family Infill Development Recalls Traditional European Charm and Detail

A compact infill lot transformed into a community of seven luxury single-family homes serves as a model for smart land use and engaging design

Aerial view of the Downton Walk infill development in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Design

On-the-Boards Designs to Inspire

Some of these "on-the-boards" designs will result in completed projects, while others will remain as schematics, but all of them provide design inspiration and ideas

Design

Motel Conversion: A Motel Becomes a Model for Affordable Housing

A dilapidated Econo Lodge motel becomes the prototype for an adaptive reuse program to provide supportive housing

Street view of Buena Esperanza, an adaptive reuse motel conversion into affordable multifamily housing

Design

Niche Design Ideas for Greater Livability—and Coziness

As homes become more compact, builders and designers are getting more creative with space. Niches offer cozy, clever hideaways that can help make a house a home

Living room and kitchenette at Cardiff at River Islands

Bringing the Outside in: The Benefits of Biophilic Design

Could 3D Printing Provide Homes That Cost Under $99,000 to Build?

9 Standout Spaces With Small but Mighty Design Details

New Initiative Enables Builders to Reduce Embodied Carbon

The 7th Annual Most Valuable Product Awards: Call for Entries!

7 Steps to Successfully Manage a Construction Business in 2024

How Long Does It Take Minimum Wage Earners to Afford a Down Payment?