CB February 2001

Creating a spacious high-end production home for a tricky uphill site may have given a different builder reason to pause, but it didn’t trouble Jim Cimbalista, custom home director for DeLuca Custom Homes, Newtown, Pa.

In the subtle fashion of a great work of art, this weekend retreat home in the Hamptons fully reveals the complexity of its character only when one takes the time to ponder it.

Not so long ago builders may have been struggling with their office computer systems and training their staff in desktop applications. Then, along came the Internet—and the World Wide Web specifically—and businesses were confronted with an entirely ne...

Once upon a time there were three partners who shared a vision—to build a castle-style home that was as true to its 15th century Renaissance heritage as possible - the dream had come true

The residential construction industry as a whole is a huge and fragmented one, with literally hundreds of builders recognized as leaders in their respective markets and niches.

Buyers want it and you can provide it. In a recent survey conducted for an indoor air quality strategic consulting company, more than 80% of respondents stated that indoor air quality is very important and 60% of those would spend their discretionary i...

Donna Pedersen’s decree was that everyone involved with this home’s construction do his or her very best work.

The great room fireplace, one of five in the home, provides another example of Chateau Cool Stone’s artistry. This fireplace features a combination of imported marble, granite and hand-carved limestone.

With a new presidential administration coming in and tech stocks taking a dive, many construction market forecasters seem to want to err on the side of caution. But while the rest of the construction industry is leveling off or even declining in some a...

In one of the oldest of the old-money enclaves in the country, a new luxury development is turning heads and winning awards.