4 Housing Affordability Organizations Awarded 2024 Ivory Prize
Ivory Innovations will provide $300,000 in total prize money to support winners’ initiatives
New Heat Pump Takes a Sleek Approach to Home Climate Solutions
Startup Quilt is putting a fresh face on heat pumps to save homeowners money on their energy bills
How Smart Technology Can Help Homes Sell Faster
Homebuyers are actively seeking out smart features to increase their homes' resale value
Architecture Firms Look to AI to Speed up Design Process, but There Are Caveats
Lessons learned from BSB Design’s use of generative AI to create conceptual renderings for a client
IKEA Model Home Aims to Ease the Trauma of Homelessness
Blending innovation with empathy and eco-conscious design, IKEA US unveils a pioneering model home in its Live Oak, Texas, store
Utah Passes Bill to Regulate Modular Construction at the State Level
Goals for housing innovation and affordability meet in Utah's passage of a new bill that establishes a statewide modular construction program
Building Technology
The Dilemmas Builders Face With Home Building Technology
With all the available technology out there for builders, why isn’t it easier and faster to build? Instead, construction schedules get longer and…
Off-Site Construction
Disrupting Home Building: The Rise of IC Outsiders
Why industrial construction applied in state-of-the-art, vertically integrated manufacturing facilities is the future of the built environment
Innovation
Scientists Create the First Transparent Solar Panels
The creation of window-like solar panels could mean a wider rollout and solar energy usage—once scientists are able to maximize the transparent…
Tiny Homes
The Technological Evolution of Tiny Homes
A need or want for a tiny home may seem to counter recent homebuyer trends, but Fast Company says tiny home living remains a reasonable way to…
Building Technology
(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution, Part I
Claims about how new and impressive technologies will revolutionize product and process in home building are nothing new. So why don’t they work?
Innovation
Margaret Whelan on How Capital Is Fueling Innovation
Investment banker Margaret Whelan talks about labor constraints and how access to capital is fueling innovation in a home building industry not typically known for it
Project Management
Why It's Important to Make Data Use More Efficient
Information rendered as structured data, aggregated from multiple sources, and organized in a common data environment could be a key differentiator for builders
Planning + Development
This Agrihood Connects Suburban Living and Agriculture
One Canadian developer has owned 500 acres of agricultural land in Vancouver since 1989 but remained unsure of what to do with it until now.…
Coronavirus Resources and Information
Pandemic Makes Way for Futuristic Home Products
The effects of the pandemic will long stay with the housing industry. One of those changes, a forced focus on technology, has already moved past…
Off-Site Construction
How Builders Intend to Use Off-Site Methods in 5 Years
In just one year, an increasing number of builders reported intent to utilize off-site construction within the next five years. Home Innovation’s…
