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Kitchens Stir the Pot: Post-Covid Consumer Desires Revealed

Architecture

Kitchens Stir the Pot: Post-Covid Consumer Desires Revealed

The New Home Trends Institute, the new consumer-insights unit of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, shares what people want in 2021 kitchens in a TBD exclusive.

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Passive Aggressive: This Bronx, NY Project Breaks Rules, Resets Expectations

Architecture

Passive Aggressive: This Bronx, NY Project Breaks Rules, Resets Expectations

An Ivory Prize-winning portfolio of community development projects disprove conventional wisdom that housing can be either affordable or sustainable, but not both.

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BRIEFS

05.04.21

The Framewalk Reimagined: Learning To Live In Covid Time

The adrenaline blast a homebuyer may experience walking through a fit-and-finished home is akin to that thrill builders feel as they walk through a rough-framed and roofed enclosure. Here's a framewalk, unplugged.

04.21.21

The Brave New World Of Trustless Homesales Begins

Touchless is one of those tortured-English functions of pandemic value propositions we could get our brains around, but "trustless?"

Model Home Makeover: A New Houzz, Builders Design Tie To Ease Buyer Angst

Architecture

Model Home Makeover: A New Houzz, Builders Design Tie To Ease Buyer Angst

What if homebuilders' expensive model home infrastructure in communities everywhere worked as a network of lifestyle vignettes buyers and remodelers could click and buy? Voila! The future is now.

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These 10 Game Changers Are Finalists For The 2021 Ivory Prize

Architecture

These 10 Game Changers Are Finalists For The 2021 Ivory Prize

A glimpse at the 2021 cohort of 10 most innovative, impactful, and scalable programs to bring affordable, equitable housing to more communities.

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What's In A Name? Garman Homes Pushes The Envelope

Architecture

What's In A Name? Garman Homes Pushes The Envelope

Vertical construction got underway this month on a house in Chatham Park, N.C., whose name is Barnaby. Here's why.

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On The Spectrum: Money, Mood, And Color

Architecture

On The Spectrum: Money, Mood, And Color

What new construction and remodeling professionals really need to know about changing color trends and their impact on sales, relationships, and profitability is a perennial challenge. This year getting this right is a bigger deal.

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This Demographic Blip Could Trigger Demand Upheaval

Architecture

This Demographic Blip Could Trigger Demand Upheaval

While most experts fixate on supply-side disrupters and impediments in housing, population demographics could have a demand-side, not-so-nice surprise in store.

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The Builder's Daily: 3 Reasons Why

Building Tech & Products

The Builder's Daily: 3 Reasons Why

Mission? Vision? Strategy? They'll all come in due time. For now, TBD is all about just being here ... with a purpose.

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