Home Construction

How to Make Housing Affordable

Avi Friedman has some ideas of how to make housing more affordable. He says that the focus is too much on the mortgage and subsidies side and not enough on lower building costs.
10 October 2009 - 7:00am
Northwest Hub

Build Smarter: Learning from the Housing Bust

Builder Magazine presents six lessons for builders to learn from the housing bust, including 'limit your land holdings', 'build smarter', and 'diversify beyond new-home construction'.
11 May 2009 - 7:00am
Builder Magazine

The Printable Home

Engineers at USC have developed a new technique for '3-D printing' houses.
4 September 2008 - 10:00am
Boing Boing

The Incredible Shrinking Home

A new AIA report shows that new homes under construction are getting smaller in response to market forces.
19 June 2008 - 12:00pm
AIArchitect

Mega-Mansions Sprouting In L.A.

Despite the housing downturn, houses in excess of 20,000 square feet are still being built by the very wealthy — with no sign of a slowdown.
15 June 2008 - 9:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Barn-Raising For the 21st Century

An old-fashioned community barn-raising in Masonville, Texas could in fact be a glimpse of the future.
7 June 2008 - 11:00am
Fort Collins Now

Soon You Won't Be Able to 'Drive Until You Qualify'

High gas prices and slowing construction rates in exurban areas may mean that the era of "driving until you qualify" for affordable housing may be over soon.
23 May 2008 - 12:00pm
California Planning & Development Report
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