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Text Mex: Meet ‘em where they are
Would you ever use Twitter to announce your family dinner is being served?
"Suite-ing" the bathroom
Whether a home is large or small, the master bath continues to demand a great deal of attention.
9 new approaches to master-bath design
The most prevalent trends in bathroom design for 2012 and 2013 are centered on better use of floor space, more storage, and amenities that rival those of an upscale resort or spa.
AvalonBay gets into the heads of Gen Y renters
AvalonBay’s Ava H Street apartment community in Washington, D.C., taps the Millennial mindset with such features as customizable closets and a Twitter wall in the lobby.
Brick, the ?new? green material
The folks at Boral Bricks have known that brick is green for a long time. They’re demonstrating its attributes in three sustainable projects.
Ukinox Laundry Sink
The 18-gauge Ukinox D610.457 stainless steel laundry sink has a slim edge, built-in angled washboard, and Euopean-style finish.
Echoes fuel remodeling resurgence
Remodelers, are you ready for more work? The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard…
New-home sales rise 1.5 percent in March
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000 units in March, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Fenestration Council allows some shading systems, dynamic glazing to be rated for U-factor
The National Fenestration Rating Council approved changes to its NFRC 100 and NFRC 200 standards, allowing certain shading devices to be rated for U-factor and Solar Heat Gain Coefficient.
Berkeley Lab researchers developing new indoor air pollution standards
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is working on new building standards after discovering previously unknown indoor air pollutants.
