When we look at what makes builders great, desire drives the quest to stand out. It flows throughout their teams, their language, their homes.

The legal structures underpinning land-control deals can be confusing. We turned to a residential transaction expert, attorney Mathew A. Wyman, a partner with Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles, to sort it out.

Top-notch products for designing a high-quality home theater.

Ben Anderson contacted the landowner and offered assistance in overcoming five hurdles that stood in the way of development on the site.

A good reference is candid and provides building blocks from which to work.

Wayne Colmer's firm has developed and built approximately 600 homes in his 16 years as an independent builder/developer. The common thread: All the homes were built in communities where entitlements are tough to come by.

Jim Candelaria helps protect the mountains of southwest Colorado from the forest fires that sometimes sweep through the area during dry summers.

Dallas/Fort Worth builders coax discretionary buyers by putting a home theater in almost every model home. Will the 'man cave' work for you?

Cabinets open the door to greater design flexibility in any room in the house.