Buyers love these spaces for aesthetic reasons, but the benefits of courtyards go well beyond their looks.

Kitchens designs need to make room for frou-frou and function.

Details give attached homes unique appeal in high-density setting.

Emphasizing that sustainable design need not be only an option for the wealthy, the Chicago Departments of Housing and the Environment have launched Green Homes for Chicago, in which five homes will be built on scattered sites and then sold to resident..

Rather than seek new geographic areas for expansion, Emerald Builders sees plenty of new opportunities in its established markets—Houston and Phoenix—and in its two newest markets, Dallas and Austin.

In California, a deadline for builders looms. On June 1, the nation’s most stringent energy standards will take effect, requiring an average cut of 14 percent in energy use for all new homes built.

In this time of exploding technologies, the options available to new home buyers are virtually endless and quite sophisticated. From T-1 lines for high-speed Internet access to whole-house energy management systems—it’s all here, and then some.

When 500 people showed up for the grand opening of Bradfield Village 12 months ago, builder Clark Wilson got the first reinforcement of his theory that nostalgic neighborhoods might sell well in the Austin, Texas, market. Today, with 96 houses closed a..

Marrying modern floor plans with elevations and detailing reminiscent of the 1920s was a tricky proposition for builder Clark Wilson. But these houses designed by Cary Kipp of Austin-based Kipp Flores Architects pull it off.