After rejecting more than 100 sealers for their concrete countertops, Chris Keown and his colleagues at Concrete Canvas created their own formula.

Hedgewood Properties in Cumming, Ga., has long carried the green building torch in metropolitan Atlanta.

Most developments use a conveyance system to transport water off site through a series of pipes and into a local waterway. Increasingly, however, public officials and developers want to use rainwater as a resource.

James Dunne's show home was built according to principles of feng shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy.

When home builder Stephen Shaw received a four-page checklist from a customer detailing how the customer perceived their relationship would unfold during construction, he knew he had a problem ...

To make its public commitment to build environmentally sensitive homes and communities work, Los Angeles-based Pardee Homes must know what buyers will pay for and not force them to pay for features they don't want.

What has changed to make Art Rutenberg's curious eccentricity - franchising local home building businesses like fast-food restaurants - attract sudden interest across the country?

Two books each deliver 224 pages of photographs and explanations of very specific design ideas, and six keys to design.

By far the most experienced franchiser, Arthur Rutenberg Homes also offers the deepest services, including the housing industry's benchmark computer system.