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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.
Architecture
Why Spec Homes' Success May Light A Path To Housing's Future
Dire constraints come with benefits. They may actually ignite profitably-produced affordable, sustainable, and resilient housing. Simpler and more standardized.
Leadership
Here's Why Builders Don't Panic As Economic Storm Clouds Gather
Rather few strategists among higher-volume homebuilders believe the December 2022 to February 2023 lift will evolve into a sustainable reboot of exuberant demand. That doesn't faze them.
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Architecture 11.21.23
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 11.07.23
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 10.06.23
'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.
Architecture 06.23.23
Why Spec Homes' Success May Light A Path To Housing's Future
Dire constraints come with benefits. They may actually ignite profitably-produced affordable, sustainable, and resilient housing. Simpler and more standardized.
Leadership 03.09.23
Here's Why Builders Don't Panic As Economic Storm Clouds Gather
Rather few strategists among higher-volume homebuilders believe the December 2022 to February 2023 lift will evolve into a sustainable reboot of exuberant demand. That doesn't faze them.