Architecture
AI Crushes Missing-Middle Time And Cost Curves Toward Affordability
Developing multifamily rental and for-sale properties takes time — sometimes years -- depending on a labyrinth of zoning rules and the whims of local jurisdictions.
Architecture
ADUs Come Of Age In A Higher-For-Longer Era
As more municipalities ease residential zoning, offering optional ADU spaces in new homes that can be rented out is one way for homebuyers to supplement their income and offset their mortgage payment.
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Architecture
Hope Springs Eternal In Fight To Innovate Housing Affordability
By framing housing development as a collective effort, Madelon's story underscores the importance of collaboration between the private sector, policymakers, and communities in creating housing attainability solutions.
Architecture
Homebuilding's Top 10 Trends In 2024: No. 3 Smaller Houses
Smaller home sizes don't – and can't – mean less value. It remains to be seen whether architects, engineers, and operators will succeed in creating iconic entry-level style homes whose form and function speak particularly to Millennial and Generation Z adult households.
Technology
Eliminating Guesswork In Real-Time A Key To 2024 Resiliency
In a "VUCA-for-longer" backdrop, guesswork and the wide margins of error needed to sustain viability that go with ballpark ranges, rough estimates, and theoretical outcomes practically beg for extinction moments.
Architecture
'Value Engineering' 2023-Style Adds Real Value As It Cuts Cost
Value engineering needs a reset to satisfy both the business requirements to produce homes profitably in trickier times, and to win over customers whose discrimination and hesitation guards may go up at any moment.
