Following in the footsteps of other large-volume builders, Richmond American Homes of Irvine, Calif. opened a full-scale design center, HomeShaper Gallery, in Yorba Linda in June 1998.

Sheer size is enough to attract attention to Summerlin in Las Vegas, but the master-planned community's sales numbers are really turning heads.

Master-planned communities are complex, capital-intensive and take years to develop, but they can capture more new home sales than conventional developments.

Ten years of planning and entitlement work went into Lakewood Ranch's master-planned communityin Southwest Florida.

Northwest Landing in DuPont, Wash., is winning awards and accolades for excellence in planning.

This new master-planned community is finding a new use for an old U.S. Air Force base in California.

Animals added a mark of distinction to the advertising for Olympia Lofts in the Greektown area of Chicago.

It may not be cost-effective for smaller builders to hire a team of color consultants, and custom builders, by definition, work with their buyers to achieve individual color schemes.

Buyers expect and deserve a lot from their homes