Innovation Floating Homes In The Ocean Can Alleviate California’s Housing Woes California’s housing shortage stems from issues with land: strict regulation, detrimental NIMBYs, expensive prices. Joe Mathews of the...
Design 2017 IBS Preview: Ready For Showtime Professional Builder’s Show Village and the New American Home make for a record number of show homes at this year’s International Builders’ Show
Innovation The Future Of Suburbs Are Impacted By Urbanization, Homeownership Rates, And Affordable Starter Houses The rising costs of building a house have pushed builders towards focusing on high-end homes where the profits are bigger. First-time buyers...
Multifamily Survey Finds Out What Millennial Renters Want It’s not a surprise that Millennials value technology more than anything. It is intriguing, though, that young renters say they are willing...
Building Technology Neighborhoods Of The Future Address Ongoing Societal Issues A non-profit design firm has a bold strategy to tackle affordable housing. It introduced Hex House, a 450-square-foot home kit that owners...
Labor + Trade Relations 5 Initiatives to Address the Labor Shortage Now These five initiatives can help home builders ease the current crunch
Innovation Online Modeling, Drone Mapping, and Virtual Reality Are Changing Construction The building industry is leaning on new technology to keep projects on track. The Wall Street Journal reports that big builders and start...
Innovation Home Builders Need to Innovate or Get Back to Basics What the home building industry really needs now
Affordability Backyard Homes Meet Resistance From Neighbors, Local Governments Standalone dwellings that share lots with larger main houses could offer affordable living options and help alleviate housing shortages in major cities.
Brick / Masonry / Concrete Researchers Explore Cure for Concrete Cancer Water-based synthetic rubber polymer, fly ash, and silica powder can be added to the concrete mix to neutralize negative chemical reactions.