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| | | Farmhouse in a Meadow dredges up memories of this pastoral region, where farmsteads were often organized around a big house, summer kitchen, and barn built over time. Here, staggered, side-by-side volumes with glass between them echo and update that arrangement… |
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| | | In a row of 22 cedar-clad summer cottages lining Cape Cod Bay that appear identical, at least one has been converted for comfortable, year-round living. Keira Ritter, AIA, maintained the visual continuity of the 1930s structures by upgrading Lilac Cottage's envelope in… |
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| | | One of the most beguiling challenges in architecture is how to make minimalism look effortless. The late Hugh Newell Jacobsen was preoccupied with a variation on this challenge: how to bring the classic American farmhouse into the minimalist fold. What became known as… |
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| | | This year marks the 16th annual symposium of the Custom Residential Architects Network. As an event planning group, we rotate the gathering through different regions of the country, reflecting our national presence. This year takes us to San Antonio in southcentral Texas,… |
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| | | The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) score was 47.3 for June. Although the score improved by nearly three points from May, it remained in negative territory, indicating most firms reported a decline in billings. Inquiries increased in June after a slight… |
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| | | Strong multifamily growth pushed overall housing starts higher in June, while single-family production remained sluggish as elevated mortgage rates, rising construction costs and persistent labor shortages continued to weigh on the market. Overall housing starts increased… |
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| | | Energy resilience is a necessity in home construction. The grid is increasingly unreliable. That's why builders are turning to propane — an affordable, reliable, on-site energy source that delivers when the grid can't.
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| | | Vertalla from Westlake Royal Building Products expands the creative possibilities of vinyl siding with striking accent panels and clean vertical lines. Its curated color palette comprises 10 colors from bold hues to neutrals—ideal for adding dimension to exterior elevations. |
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| | | Electrical switches are often an afterthought, except among the architecture set. London-based Plank Hardware offers its first U.S.-compatible switches and outlets collection with interchangeable, mixed-metal switches, dimmers, and outlets that read as refined architectural details. |
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| | | A steep bluff overlooking the bay forced Paul Masi, AIA, to site the house against the undeveloped lot's back edge in close proximity to a road and, more irksome, a diesel railway that spirits passengers throughout the Hamptons. Sound attenuation would become a design… |
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| | | Our judges deemed the El Aleph Guesthouse "an exciting response to this crazy landscape," and indeed, the promontory is "the scariest site on the coast I've ever seen," says Brian MacKay-Lyons. "When there's a storm on, you think you're going to die." His team responded… |
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| | | Persistently high mortgage rates, elevated costs for builders, and ongoing supply-side constraints continued to weigh on single-family construction in 2025. According to the NAHB analysis of the 2025 Survey of Construction (SOC), a total of 939,182 new single-family units… |
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| | | Builders Workshop, a luxury residential contractor with decades of experience in Los Angeles, has launched RESET, a comprehensive rebuilding program for Pacific Palisades residents affected by the wildfires. Four leading architecture firms—EYRC, Montalba Architects, RIOS,… |
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| | | Over half of new single-family homes built in 2025 were two or more stories, according to the recent release of the Census Bureau's Survey of Construction (SOC). After increasing in 2024, the share of homes started with two or more stories fell in 2025. However, the gap… |
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