Category: Rose Arevalo
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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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Turning an old Chicago warehouse into a new family home
An inventive rehabbing of a flatiron-shaped 1920s warehouse building included carving out courtyard and atrium spaces.
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Rebuilding Joplin: Building Stronger
What can builders and engineers do to reduce the death and destruction tornadoes cause?
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Beach Houses That Balance Style and Durability
Living next to the ocean means building durable structures to resist storms, pervasive humidity, and corrosive salt air, and the best of these efforts also maintain a graceful stance that’s respectful of their delicate sites. The designs seen here achieve that tricky balance and more.
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Is It a Green House? You Can’t Tell by Looking Anymore
Four eco-wise homes, from ultra-modern to super-traditional, are handsome proof that you can’t tell a green house just by looking at it.
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FourPlans: Small House, Nice Kitchen
These plans are all less than 2,000 square feet but feature open island kitchens with lots of counter space and casual seating.