New Concrete Countertops Need No Seal
After rejecting more than 100 sealers for their concrete countertops, Chris Keown and his colleagues at Concrete Canvas created their own formula.
Rancho Mission Viejo: Terramor, Ladera Ranch, Calif.
Rancho Mission Viejo designed the village of Terramor, an environmentally sensitive iteration in Ladera Ranch, Calif., of the developer’s ongoing mission, to target Cultural Creative buyers.
East Meets Midwest: Feng Shui
James Dunne's show home was built according to principles of feng shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy.
Hedgewood Properties: Vickery, Forsyth County, Ga.
Hedgewood Properties in Cumming, Ga., has long carried the green building torch in metropolitan Atlanta.
Good House Parts and A House on the Water
Two books each deliver 224 pages of photographs and explanations of very specific design ideas, and six keys to design.
Pardee Homes: Vista Verde, Las Vegas
To make its public commitment to build environmentally sensitive homes and communities work, Los Angeles-based Pardee Homes must know what buyers will pay for and not force them to pay for features they don't want.
Pelican Coast: Military Housing's New Look
Tired of same old, same old? You might try privatized military housing be-cause the Defense Department is throwing billions at it under the 1996 National Defense Authorization Act.
Turnaround Artist
In 1999, Artistic Homes vice president Max Wade fundamentally changed how his company builds homes while keeping its market leadership at approximately 800 homes a year.
Now Boarding: All First-Class Residents
A conversation with a New York gave birth to Coscan's Atlantic One program, in which buyers get 20-25 hours of private jet service depending on the type of condominium purchased.
