Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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EHDA Grand Award: Montecito Modern
This remodeling project proves that an existing home can be modestly modernized to meet new design ideals and performance requirements.
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Window and Door Designs that Wow
The winners of this year’s Integrity Red Diamond Achiever Program offer fenestration designs with beauty and brains for projects of all kinds.
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Gehry’s Make It Right Home Opens in New Orleans
Affordable duplex incorporates high-performance products and technologies.
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Women: A Builder’s Secret Weapon
An Oklahoma City-based builder credits his success to putting women in key positions.
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FourPlans: Very Narrow
Need a slim plan for a narrow lot?
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Open Basement Stair Makes a Cottage Live Bigger
Design solution eliminates closed stair wall on first floor, making a small cottage live much larger.
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American High-Performance Buildings Coalition Calls for Consensus-Based Green-Building Standards
Under a new coalition, 27 industry groups raise issue with USGBC’s LEED development procedures and call for more consensus-based approaches and transparency in green-building standard development.
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Building Stronger
What can builders and engineers do to reduce the death and destruction tornadoes cause?
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Taking the Small-House Movement Mainstream
For builders looking to scale down without down-grading, here’s how to get started.
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Courtyard Entry Door Provides Both Openness and Privacy
A sliding door, part of an extensive upgrade of a 1960s ranch house, gives a major face lift to a drab façade and makes the entry courtyard sunnier, too.
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