Category: construction
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A Hurricane-Proof Concrete House with a Designer’s Touch
This 1,200-square-foot home will withstand up to 200-mile-per-hour winds.
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AIA Home Design Trends Survey reports more mud rooms, fewer energy-efficient products
Functionality and affordability usually trump luxury, it may be too early to write off gains in higher-end energy-efficient products and synthetic and engineered building materials, according to the results of the AIA’s second quarter 2012 Home Design Trends Survey.
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Quiet Spaces Connect Nature and Design
Meditation and yoga rooms must be tailored exactly to the clients’ needs.
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Late-Season Garden Sensation
Carved out of an apple orchard, these colorful garden rooms show how fall-blooming perennials, long-flowering annuals, and a fruitful harvest can really shine in the golden light of autumn
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Three Inspired Houses Respond to Surge in Multigenerational Households
Three projects show how to accommodate several generations in one home, with a balance of privacy and togetherness.
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Right Down the Line
Pocket doors, sliding window walls, and openness to the outside offer privacy and a connection to the outside on an infill lot in Venice, Calif.
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FourPlans: New Plans Less Than 2,200 Square Feet
Here are our favorite new, not-too-big home plans. What do they have in common? They all use space very, very wisely, while incorporating modern amenities like mud rooms and flexible areas.
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Seeking Building Material Alternatives in the Natural Order
Scientists turn to biomimicry to devise better, safer products.
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Materials Supplier Gives Strapped Cities a Reason to Reuse Vacant Lots
AmeriSus kicks in $2,500 for every house built with its kits.
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Boat Dock, the Perfect Lakeside Hangout
Taking its cues from the main house, this boat dock provides shade from the sun and exposure to the breeze, with louvered ipe walls and a stone pier that houses pipes for an outdoor shower.