The landscaped courts provide a pleasant walkway to the front doors of the homes.

A builder wins unanimous city council approval by meeting the city's demand for environmentally sensitive development.

A leading builder brings the great outdoors into view in a Manatee County, Fla., home designed for social living. In the process, he makes a move-up for himself, into the luxury market.

This is a refinement of the wide-and-shallow concept that came out of California in the early 1990s.

In nearly every office in every industry across the land, the planning process for 2005 rages on.

The lowdown on proper sizing, design, and installation of air handling systems

This last concept is the exception on several fronts. It can be used on sloping or wooded sites, and it can accommodate ranch walk-outs and larger homes than the other high-density plans.

This first in a four-part series takes open, flexible plumbing from concept to reality.

Wisconsin’s oldest New Urbanist plan, a move-up family and a custom builder’s parade lot set the stage for a bold update of the Arts & Crafts idiom.