Architecture

Many of the trends in real estate, such as PropTech, are happening behind the scenes. This modern farmhouse outside Austin, Texas, was designed by Tim Brown Architecture and built by Strong Roots Development. Image: Digitized House.

Seven Fresh Trends Shaping the Face of the Real Estate Industry

• Lillian Connors
• 21 October 2019
• Architecture / Design / Futures / Homes / Real Estate / Featured Articles

Trends are an ever-changing phenomena, whether it’s the fashion industry, music, business, technology, or real estate market. These shifts, however, may not always be positive for the respective genre. But in the case of real estate, things…

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Whether you are building from the ground up or remodeling, consider adding more glass surfaces to your home. Image: Digitized House.

How to Brighten Your Home Using Glass

• Lillian Connors
• 8 August 2019
• Architecture / Design / Featured Articles

Out of all the materials out there, glass is already used in most of our homes. The use of glass in home decor is rarely thought of as decorative and is thought to be more utilitarian. Glass…

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In Irvine, California, KB Home is selling homes with smart tech trickle-down from its KB Home ProjeKt concept house, revealed at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Image: KB Home.

KB Home Trickles Down Smart Tech from Concept Home to Production Builds

• Tom Kolnowski
• 21 May 2019
• Energy Conservation / Connected Home / Google Assistant / Sustainable Home / Smart Speakers / Architecture / Healthy Home / News / Real Estate / Featured Articles

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 builds in California. Located in the Genoa…

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KB Home ProjeKt. Image: Builder Magazine.

Smart and Healthy Features Abound in KB Home ProjeKt: Part 2

• Tom Kolnowski
• 10 March 2019
• Energy Conservation / Smart Appliances / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Water Conservation / Google Assistant / Smart Speakers / Architecture / Healthy Home

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 the long-term health and wellness of its…

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Image: James Leasure / MA+DS.

Clean Designs Highlight 2019 Austin Modern Home Tour

• Tom Kolnowski
• 21 February 2019
• Green Building / Architecture / Design / Real Estate

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 tour homes spread around metro Austin plus…

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Image: KB Home.

Smart and Healthy Features Abound in KB Home ProjeKt: Part 1

• Tom Kolnowski
• 18 February 2019
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Google Assistant / Smart Speakers / Architecture / Design / Window Coverings / Healthy Home

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 on connected home and design features to…

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Waldo Duplex in Kansas. Image: Mike Sinclair.

Beautiful and Sustainable: Modern Duplex Homes Deliver

• Lucas Bergman
• 8 December 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home / Real Estate

If you are looking for a great housing deal, maybe you should consider building a home with a duplex floor plan. Besides helping you pay your mortgage, should you rent out one side, these homes offer many…

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Polymer decking from Azek is among a new wave of highly durable decking materials. Image: Digitized House Media.

4 Alternative Decking Materials for Your Outdoor Space

• Tom Kolnowski
• 27 October 2018
• Green Building / Product Guide / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Homes

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 conventional wood, which can bring higher durability,…

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Infographic: Passive Housing | A Smarter Way of Living 

• Helen O'Keefe
• 15 August 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Healthy Home / Homes / Infographic

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 passive house, a steady, comfortable temperature is…

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Carter Design Associates and Tensegrity, LLC, exterior shading. Image: Leonid Furmansky.

Austin Cool House Tour 2018 a study in smart design

• Tom Kolnowski
• 7 June 2018
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home

For residents of Austin, Texas, the 22nd annual Cool House Tour is an opportunity to take in the latest in high-performance residential architecture, encompassing both new construction and remodels across single- and multi-family configurations. These are, well,…

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Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan. Image: ArcKit.

Day 1 of 12 Smart Gifts: ArcKit Masterplan and Cityscape

• Tom Kolnowski
• 4 December 2017
• Connected Home / Architecture / Design

Smart cities are all the rage, and for good reason: There can be considerable upside to designing new cities that are built from the ground up to be highly smart and highly livable from nearly every perspective.…

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Tiny Homes Showcase home. Image: Digitized House

Video: New spin on homework, smart tiny houses built by high schoolers

• Tom Kolnowski
• 12 November 2017
• Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design

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 San Antonio, Texas, are quietly going about…

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AIA Austin Homes Tour | Tim Brown Architecture. Image: Digitized House

Video: A modern take on Victorian architecture

• Tom Kolnowski
• 7 November 2017
• Connected Home / Architecture / Design / Homes / Video

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 family it was specifically designed around. Featured…

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Design: Barley|Pfeiffer Architecture. Image: Leonid Furmansky.

Whirlwind view: AIA Austin Homes Tour 2017

• Tom Kolnowski
• 28 October 2017
• Green Building / Architecture / Design / Homes / Real Estate

Featuring 13 residential properties in and around metropolitan Austin, Texas, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Austin Home Tour 2017 highlights leading-edge architectural projects that have been ideated, designed, and built specifically for the unique needs of the…

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Kebony cladding on home in Lithuania. Image: Arches

5 exterior ideas and solutions for a smarter house

• Matt Lee
• 17 October 2017
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Smart Door Locks / Architecture / Design / Secure Home

Your home’s exterior not only has a significant impact on its value, but also serves as a first impression for visitors. Careful exterior design choices can also give you a sense of pride and enhance your experience…

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TreeHouse Dallas opens its doors.

TreeHouse opens its emerald aisles to Dallas

• Tom Kolnowski
• 16 June 2017
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Healthy Home / News

The antithesis of the typical big-box home improvement store, green retailer TreeHouse officially opened its doors in metropolitan Dallas on June 2, in a groundbreaking new building designed out of the gate to produce more energy than…

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Image courtesy of Leonid Furmansky + Barley|Pfeiffer Architecture.

Austin green gems: 2017 Cool House Tour venue preview

• Tom Kolnowski
• 10 June 2017
• Energy Conservation / Green Building / Connected Home / Solar Photovoltaics / Water Conservation / Sustainable Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home

The month of June in the city of Austin, Texas, can be blistering hot, as the sometimes-moderate temperatures of spring yield to an often-oppressive summer climate where the thermometer can climb toward or inch beyond the century mark.…

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At Future Park 1,700 homes rely on ASSA ABLOY smart door locks

• Thomas Schulz
• 23 April 2017
• Energy Conservation / Connected Home / Smart Door Locks / Architecture / Secure Home / Sponsored Content

London, April 2017 – For their state-of-the-art high-rise homes, construction contractor Hiper Gayrimenkul sought the best available technology to make life easier and more convenient for prospective buyers. For advanced, user-friendly locking technology to complete a smart…

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Inside the Nest Connected Home at IBS 2017: Part 3

• Tom Kolnowski
• 10 April 2017
• Connected Garage / Connected Home / Architecture / Design / Healthy Home / Secure Home

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 showcase for what can be done through…

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Antolini Perception Collection stone tiles

Product Brief: Antolini Perception Collection

• The Editors
• 21 March 2017
• Architecture / Design / News

Italian stone maker Antolini aims to transform the often bland walls in today’s modern residential architecture from 2D to 3D with their new tile paneling creation, the Antolini Perception Collection. "The Perception tiles first appear to be…

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