This plan by Art Danielian of Danielian Associates Architecture + Planning is designed to serve multi-generational living with its detached “casita” unit.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched its 2012 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to educate employees and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in heat, and how to prevent heat-related illnesses.

Bassenian Lagoni's Aram Bassenian presents a house plan that solves some of the design tradeoffs typical in great room homes.

Trumark Homes and Resmark Land and Housing, a division of The Resmark Companies, closed on a nine-acre, 134-unit residential development project named "Contour" for approximately $18.5 million.

Leading demographers say a major shift is occurring in the U.S. population, and home builders should take note

In New York State, 1,262 residential units have achieved the LEED for Home standard, but only two of them are in Westchester County.

To minimize the loss of thermal resistance in design, the R-value of roof insulation should be computed based on the actual performance of the insulation material and the local climate, says the National Roofing Contractors Association.

Longtime marketer and home-building industry consultant John Martin has seen many housing cycles: good community development and design innovation, he says, have always been the path back. Can design innovation do it again?

Homebuilder KB Home announced it has acquired land within the Elworthy Ranch property in the town of Danville in California.