But going beyond six stories still raises questions in U.S.
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New Hampshire Builder Uses Factory-Built and High-Performance Building Componets to Construct Energy-Efficient Homes.
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Building industry likely to branch out in coming decades.
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The National Green Building Standard is working toward ANSI approval.
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The construction industry loses more jobs, New Jersey changes its approach to affordable housing, and Florida joins the list of states suing Countrywide.
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Scientists say buildings can survive such storms if structures are well-built.
The debate over mandating sprinkler installation in new homes heats up.
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News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that interest might stick. A perfect storm of factors has come together to keep solar solutions on the front burner, including record crude oil prices, federal tax...
The housing industry has finally reached the point where many home builders feel that the software products available can meet their business needs, but the ongoing downturn has put a damper on information technology (IT) spending.
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Builders, architects, urban planners, and sustainability experts held a design charrette on Oct. 24 to come up with floor plans, construction processes, and product suggestions for Concept House Charleston in South Carolina, the second PATH Concept Home and the first in the Southeastern U.S.
Show houses are a great way for builders and manufacturers to showcase the latest and greatest in products, materials, construction techniques, and design. This month, the first-ever show house for mold prevention opened its doors in Chesterfield, N.H.
My town has recently started allowing plastic waste-pipe instead of cast iron in residential construction, and a lot of my competitors are making the switch. What are the big differences between the two kinds of pipe?
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HUD IS HOPING THAT THE ENERGY-efficient concept home it built in Omaha, Neb., will be a blueprint for the future of American housing.
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After deflecting rumors for months, Miami, Fla.,-based Lennar Corp. let the cat out of the bag in June when officials at its western headquarters leaked some details about new construction techniques the builder has been testing at the former air base in El Toro, Calif. Lennar is developing the...
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MOLD-RESISTANT GYPSUM and concrete made with waste from coal-fired power plants are among the top 10 home building technologies for 2007, according to the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH). PATH, a program run by HUD, says the 10 technologies are the future of home building and...
For Drees Homes and London Bay Homes, winners of America’s Best Builders for 2008, the last 12 months saw challenges met head on, new initiatives undertaken, and carefully thought-out processes leading to success.
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Despite the housing slowdown, size, features, and high-end products in the bath (and the kitchen) are still important to consumers, reports the American Institute of Architects. This means that you can't skimp on the swank.
INDUCTION COOKTOPS—WHICH USE A magnetic field to generate heat—were introduced to the American market nearly 20 years ago. Popular in Europe, where natural gas is generally expensive, induction technology has been unsuccessful in this country because of its low power and unreliability.
These have been heady months for the Z-Wave Alliance.
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BUILDERS SEARCHING FOR practical,