Architecture

Value Engineering Is Only Partly About Design And Price ... It's A Strategy

Tactics and tailwinds – necessary and successful as they've been in stemming what could have been a rout from the start of 2023 – amount to this: They've bought builders time.

Policy

Why Affordable Housing's Negative Feedback Loop Goes On And On

Mail a copy of this Scott Cox 'Letter' to your Local, County, And State elected representatives and agency officials

Land

How To Remap Residential Projects To Avoid Entitlement Risk

As localities seize ever greater powers to stop, stall, or support new home and community development, new approaches to sustained investment in local quality of life may offer ways forward.

Land

Nashville Plats: Module's Platform To Power Urban Core Cottage Cluster

Here's what life in the upzone might look like if more downtown urban core areas drop restrictive land-use obstacles, and explore a more expansive and inclusive 'equity box.'