Best Earth-Friendly Interior Design Trends to Follow in 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 89 percent of the waste generated in the U.S. is recyclable, but yet we only recycle about 34 percent. The rest continues to...
Architecture
KB Home Trickles Down Smart Tech from Concept Home to Production Builds
Shall we call it KB Homenomics? The national home builder has just trickled down smart health, wellness, and automation technology from its futuristic KB Home ProjeKt concept home to production...
Smart and Healthy Features Abound in KB Home ProjeKt: Part 2
As we wrote in Part 1 of our coverage of the KB Home ProjeKt, this Las Vegas-area concept home endeavors to deliver connected home and holistic design features aimed at...
Clean Designs Highlight 2019 Austin Modern Home Tour
If the 2019 Austin Modern Home Tour is any indication, the city of Austin, Texas, continues to deliver on its reputation as a hotbed for modern architecture. Featuring a dozen...
Smart and Healthy Features Abound in KB Home ProjeKt: Part 1
First revealed at CES 2019 in January and carrying over into the 2019 NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS) in February, the KB Home ProjeKt near Las Vegas strives to deliver...
4 Alternative Decking Materials for Your Outdoor Space
As technology marches forward, the materials we use for constructing our homes continually evolves. In many cases, building products manufacturers are developing hybrid, synthetic, and metallic materials designed to supplant...
Infographic: Passive Housing | A Smarter Way of Living
Passive housing is fast becoming one of the most sought-after types of accommodation as homeowners realize the energy-saving (and indeed bill-reducing) and sustainability potential of this fascinating concept. In a...
Video: Smart Tiny Homes Built by High Schoolers
With much of the buzz around the tiny house movement focused on start-ups making their plays in the micro-housing ecosystem, high school students at the Construction Careers Academy outside of...
Video: A Modern Take on Victorian Architecture
In this thoroughly modern home by Austin firm Tim Brown Architecture, classic Victorian forms and scale blend seamlessly with contemporary elements to orchestrate an eminently livable inside-to-outside experience for the...
Nest Cam IQ Raises Ante on Home Interior Security
Aiming to raise the ante on security technology inside the connected home, Nest Labs has announced Nest Cam IQ, a security camera with 4K video recording capability and enhanced intelligence...
Inside the Nest Connected Home at IBS 2017: Part 3
Proving smart-home technologies can be great go-togethers when carefully selected, the Nest Connected Home at the 2017 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Florida, earlier this year was a...
Inside the Nest Connected Home at IBS 2017: Part 1
How would a small, modern dwelling look and serve its occupants if it were outfitted with connected home products and technologies in every room, and on every wall, inside and...
Tesla Solar Roof: Are Metal Roofs Passé?
Metal surfaces have earned a well-deserved reputation as the leading roofing choice on today’s sustainable architecture homefront, and for good reasons. The benefits of these roofs are many, including an...
Green Building Blocks: 7 High-Performing Highlights
High-performance home building is a carefully orchestrated symphony of site selection, architectural design, component selection, and construction prowess. Having any single element of this quartet out of tune with its fellow...
Pairing Contemporary Door Design With Sustainability
Can the often-opposing forces of contemporary interior design and sustainability blend into tasteful pairings for your doors? And if so, can you afford to place them on the menu of...
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