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| | | Placed at the back of the small lot, a hipped-roof addition adapts this 1930s bungalow for indoor-outdoor living. And its elongated outdoor entry sequence makes the home feel larger. Visitors follow a gravel path between the carport and bungalow, entering at a new cooking,… |
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| | | Tierra de Paz playfully flips the courtyard concept of the nearby historic Spanish colonial missions. Four flat-roofed bedroom and office volumes rotate around a soaring, skylit main living area, each of them separated by patios facing the four cardinal directions. The… |
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| | | Every custom home is a one-off, and this scheme accommodates the cultural ecology of clients of Asian descent. They asked for three separate pavilions joined by a ring of circulation spaces: daily living quarters that guests would never see, a tea house, and a secondary… |
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| | | NanaWall, the leader in opening glass wall systems for 40 years, has opened submissions for the NanaAwards 2026 Project and Design Competition. The annual contest celebrates the creativity and achievements of the vibrant NanaWall community of architects, interior designers,… |
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| | | Private residential construction spending declined 0.3% in June, while substantial downward revisions to improvement (remodeling) spending significantly altered the sector's recent trajectory. According to the latest construction spending data from the U.S. Census Bureau,… |
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| | | The art of Ellsworth Kelly and 1980s American sportswear inspired the Vestige collection of cabinetry and appliance hardware from Water Street Brass. Spanning 16 styles, each solid brass piece is offered three ways: all metal, with a contrasting insert, or with an insert matched to the cabinetry. |
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| | | Milan-based architect Matteo Thun is partnering with Florim to offer SensiEtna—colorful wall tiles inspired by the volcanic eruptions of Mount Etna in Sicily. Crafted from lava stone and recycled glass, the textured surfaces are processed to enhance the materials' depth and irregularities. |
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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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| | | 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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