Process Innovation

Building Science, Net Zero Homes, Resiliency, Architects, Builders, Designers, Start ups, Healthy Home, Build For Rent, Single Family, Multifamily, Offsite Construction, Process Innovation, Trade Workforce

Nominations Open for the 2024 Ivory Prize For Housing Affordability

The Ivory Prize seeks to elevate ambitious, feasible, and scalable solutions to the challenges facing the U.S. housing industry, with the goal of making housing both affordable and accessible for all Americans

Resiliency

Styrofoam’s Promise for Hurricane-Proof Homes

After seeing Hurricane Michael devastate her community, this mother decided enough was enough: It’s time to build stronger homes

Building Tech

Teleo Turns Construction Machines into Remotely Operated, Semi-autonomous Robots

The Bay Area-based company leverages self-driving vehicle technology to run equipment more safely—and to help the construction industry tackle its labor shortage.

3D Printing

Introducing: World’s First 100% Bio-Based 3D Printed Home

The University of Maine has unveiled a first-of-its-kind bio-based home, utilizing wood fibers, prefabrication, and 3D printing techniques.

Offsite Construction

Combining Mass Timber with Modularity

Seattle-based Forterra wants to reimagine affordable housing by using responsibly harvested mass timber and modular construction.

Start ups

Inflatable Concrete Homes: Building Faster and Cheaper

A New York startup called Automatic Construction pumps air into plastic fabric, then fills it with concrete—creating a house’s structure at 20% of the cost.

ModPro Living Room mass timber modular prototype

Combining Mass Timber with Modularity

Seattle-based Forterra wants to reimagine affordable housing by using responsibly harvested mass timber and modular construction.

Automatic Construction inflatable house exterior walls

Inflatable Concrete Homes: Building Faster and Cheaper

A New York startup called Automatic Construction pumps air into plastic fabric, then fills it with concrete—creating a house’s structure at 20% of the cost.

Epic Games' Foray Into the Housing, Real Estate Industries

From architecture to real estate, the realm of computer-aided design hits new heights as more and more firms utilize the power of Epic Games’ Twinmotion and Unreal Engine.

Group standing in modular apartment unveiling event Cloud S

Modular, Modern Apartment Prototype ‘Cloud S’ Unveiled

Modular homebuilding meets manufacturing-like productization with the unveiling of the Cloud S, a modern dwelling for the modern renter.

Early render of mixed-use community Lago Place by Younger Homes and Digibilt

Younger Homes, Digibilt Partnership is Rashkin’s ‘Future of Housing'

Sam Rashkin encourages high-performance homebuilders to take after the likes of Younger Homes, who utilizes the latest virtual technology of Digibilt to efficiently build and sell custom homes.