PB August 2003

Fast-growing, land-constrained regions dominate the ranks of states with the most million-dollar homes.

This article focuses on the forces of wind and water, research on disaster resistance in building materials, and building practices that can be adopted to improve a homes' odds of weathering major storms.

Top-notch products for designing a high-quality home theater.

The goal of the PATH/FEMA Mercedes project is not only to demonstrate mitigation technologies, but also to help create an incentive for their adoption through reduced homeowners insurance premiums.

A good reference is candid and provides building blocks from which to work.

If your business begins with sales and marketing, it can end with poor — or a lack of — estimating.

Builders who develop land need to carry this model further to determine what they can pay for raw land.

Jim Candelaria helps protect the mountains of southwest Colorado from the forest fires that sometimes sweep through the area during dry summers.

Richard Van Schaardenburg coaxed two firms into the top five in Chicago. Now he builds custom homes high in the Colorado Rockies with his son.

Given the close link between job creation and housing demand, it can't hurt builders in these 10 markets that Forbes magazine's Web site ranks their towns as the best places for business and careers.