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Floodproof on a Floodplain
An impressive addition to the IDEA Home series, the NEWLOOK Experience Home is a master class in engineering and creative design, with builder Michael Freiburger out-thinking an exceptionally tricky lot
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3 Questions Answered About Reliable Energy in Home Construction
Energy expert Bryan Cordill makes a case for why and how propane is an answer to growing concerns about reliability and resilience in home construction
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Custom Builder to Talk Color Design with Becki Owens at IBS
At this year's IBS, renowned designer Becki Owens will sit down with host James McClister, editor of Custom Builder, to discuss a variety of topics from basic color play in design to the Allura Spectrum palette, a collection of Sherwin-Williams colors curated for the benefit of pros
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PERC Highlights Sustainability and Efficiency at IBS with 'Clean Build Conversations'
Hear from industry standouts Matt Blashaw and Anthony Carrino at this hour-long Show Village event
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Soothing Sanctuary
While the old adage 'home is where the heart is' still rings true, home is more likely where you'll find the family, say Jim Diamond and Susan Schreiber, partners in Highland Park, Ill.-based DiamondSchreiber Homes, which builds luxury homes among the ...
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Efficient and Elegant
Behind its charming, Bermuda-inspired design, this $3.75 million residence is a carefully orchestrated combination of environmentally friendly architecture, careful site orientation and landscape planning, and interior materials selection that contribu...
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Fabulous Finish
The craftsmanship that went into this elegant, family-friendly residence in southern Connecticut is reflected in the details that give the classic Colonial its warm, welcoming ambience.
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Inspired Oasis
The aura of luxury living that resonates from this desert beauty in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is definitely not an optical illusion.
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Warm and Welcoming
Builder Terence Cudmore says he knows this fabulous, 11,018-square-foot Mediterranean beauty, with its blend of formal and recreational space, soon will make some fortunate owner a wonderful family home.
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Paradise Found
As one of Florida's premier developer/builders of luxury homes and high-end residential communities, Ken Endelson has a good idea of what his discriminating market finds most desirable
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Outdoor Elegance
The heart of this magnificent, 12,143-square-foot, spec-built turnkey home at Stone Creek Ranch is a spacious central courtyard that serves as an enchanting open-air extension of the $11.8 million residence's living space and transforms this rambling e...
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Tuscan Treasure
When they relocated to California from Denver, the owners of this Tuscan-style country villa had to adjust - not only to a different climate, but also to a different style of architecture, says Robert Senn, who designed this 5,000-square-foot residence...
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Subtle Elegance
Inspired by the whimsical charm of 19th-century Nantucket shingle-style architecture, this new custom residence in Potomac, Md., seems at first glance to be a decades-old family home.
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Custom Fit
Nestled into the apex of a rocky outcropping punctuated by large boulders, this $5 million custom residence in Scottsdale, Ariz., is so skillfully integrated into its high-desert location that it seems to be an extension of the terrain.