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Most custom builders don’t need more leads; they just need the right ones. These seven strategies can help you separate serious clients from the ‘tire-kickers’
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Design

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Community insights, buyer behavior, and design strategies from the summit, translated for custom residential builders, architects, and designers
Oct. 1, 2025
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Oct. 1, 2025
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Builders, architects, and designers reveal how they guide clients in making the many complicated product choices for their new homes
Sept. 30, 2025
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Atlanta designer Jerel Lake shows how thoughtful details can maximize style and function in a small space
Sept. 23, 2025

Business

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Clay Wooten, a Winter Park, Fla. builder, explains how niche market dynamics, strategic risk-taking, and quality details helped him achieve Orlando's highest per-square-foot price...
Oct. 8, 2025
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With an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to bring a better product to the market, Fertik brought Carbon Custom Builders to life
Sept. 22, 2025
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In this episode of Women at WIRC, we talk with Houzz’s vice president of industry marketing Liza Hausman about how home builders can stay up on the latest marketing tools and ...
Sept. 9, 2025
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Aaron Tudisco, co-founder and operations leader of Ridge Design + Build
Aaron Tudisco, co-founder of Ridge Design + Build, shares his approach to custom home building, emphasizing attention to detail, quick decision-making, and the balance of innovative...
Sept. 2, 2025

Profiles

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Rocky Mountain Hardware built a booming business by refusing to compromise on craft, and proving that you can scale up and maintain your custom roots at the same time
Aug. 27, 2025
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Brothers Scott and Kevin Frankel lead Frankel Design Build, designing and constructing custom homes built to LEED standards across Houston and Texas ranch properties with a fully...
Aug. 19, 2025
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Sherwin Loudermilk developed the do's and don'ts for his custom home business from a high-stakes career in tech sales.
July 29, 2025
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From centuries-old methods to innovative glass fusing, Judson Studios is redefining stained glass as a handcrafted, functional art form for today’s high-end projects.
July 16, 2025

Data & Research

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Fresh data shows what many in housing are missing: The pandemic permanently changed how people want to live. We sit down with the researchers to learn the details
Sept. 16, 2025
With rising costs and shifting markets, every decision carries more weight. Take our one-question poll and, tell us, where are you comfortable taking risks in your work right ...
Sept. 10, 2025
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The cost of construction is creeping up. Take our quick, one-question poll and tell us how you're responding
Aug. 20, 2025
Knight Frank’s latest Wealth Report reveals rising real estate investment, with mobility, sustainability and younger generations shaping the next moves
June 18, 2025

Products

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35 years after the ADA, a growing range of products are available to help builders on the path to a broader vision of universal design
Aug. 13, 2025
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A thoughtful curation of products helped to bring this 8,500-square-foot home in Alexandria, Va. together.
A thoughtfully curated list of products went into creating this 8,500-square-foot Alexandria, Va. home.
Aug. 6, 2025
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Impact Rolls Rubber flooring
In this inaugural installment of The Rundown, we spotlight key products that elevate luxury spaces, beginning with a spa-inspired wellness retreat
July 9, 2025
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Infinit Drain's elongated Disco tile insert drain has rounded edges
From Brooklyn foundries to Oregon tile studios, these U.S.-based makers are blending craft and design with the practical upside of sourcing closer to home.
July 1, 2025

Green & Sustainable

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In this episode of Women at WIRC, we talk with passive house pioneer and founder of Phius Kat Klingenberg on why interest in the approach is "skyrocketing" and how resilience ...
Aug. 21, 2025
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From remodels to luxury new-builds, this collection of homes show what can be achieved when building with energy efficiency and durability in mind
Aug. 20, 2025
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Marmol Radziner's Case Study 2.0 home concept, a comforting familiar concept of what home looks like
In post-wildfire LA, Marmol Radziner’s designs for Case Study 2.0 show how architecture can meet the urgent need for reconstruction while also restoring livability and resilience...
Aug. 5, 2025
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This 8,500-square-foot house in Alexandria, Va. goes beyond sustainable—it's net-positive. Combining Passive House and Universal Design principles, the home was designed to be...
July 2, 2025

Construction

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Born from firsthand frustration, David Escobedo’s panelized steel system preserves design freedom, accelerates timelines, and raises the bar for quality in luxury homebuilding...
June 25, 2025
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Three houses and a shared accessory building make up this innovative use of an infill lot in central Austin, Texas
Dec. 30, 2024
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In addition to its standard uses, AutoCAD can also be used to create more energy-efficient designs.
AutoCAD has changed the way architects design buildings, however, its role in crafting sustainable home designs that reduce energy consumption and minimize environmental impact...
Nov. 25, 2024
Casey Dunn
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The architect and builder of this subtly complex home share how they created a functional floor plan while embracing city views and adding pockets of surprise
Nov. 20, 2024