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California Architect on Designing for Wildfire Resilience

Installing a Honeywell whole home humidifier

Products

5 Products That Improve a Home's Air and Water Quality

This U-shaped home in St. Augustine, Fla., is designed to prioritize views at every angle.

Case Studies

A High-Performance Florida Home Shaped Around the Views

Design

NYC Design-Builder On the Policy Work That Shaped His Career

Javier Carcamo, co-founder of Yonkers, N.Y.-based design-build studio Cargo Workshop, explains how his early policy and advocacy work drives his approach to building and remodeling...

Aug. 26, 2026

Once a rundown barn, a 3,000-square-foot structure overlooking the Shenandoah Valley now serves as a modern retreat.

Renovation & Remodeling

A Hard-To-Reach Barn That Makes For Perfect Views

Getting to this site in the Shenandoah Mountains was a challenge, but once the homeowners saw the potential—and the views—renovating the existing barn was the only option

Aug. 19, 2026

Photo: Addison Hill

What's Worth Saving in an Old House, and What Isn't

Jim Walker of Copper Sky Design + Remodel has spent 20 years renovating Craftsman, Midcentury, and Victorian homes in Atlanta. He talks through details he preserves, systems he...

Aug. 17, 2026

Renovation & Remodeling

Balancing Preservation and Modern Living in Renovation Projects

The hardest part of a renovation isn’t what you’re adding. It’s knowing what to leave alone

Aug. 17, 2026

Business

Marketing & Sales

What Builders Need to Know About AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)

Search is changing, and for construction and design professionals, that shift is already affecting how clients find and evaluate businesses

Aug. 24, 2026

rendering of a spec home by Carbon Custom Builders

Today's Spec Homes Go Custom, Long Before the Buyer Arrives

Luxury builders are increasingly incorporating spec homes into their portfolios, using detailed buyer profiles and real estate insights to tailor projects before sale, blending...

Aug. 12, 2026

Leadership

Embracing Change in Residential Construction: Lessons from 'Who Moved My Cheese?'

Allison Guido of Almar Building & Remodeling explores what the classic business fable can teach residential firms about responding to shifting client expectations and market conditions...

Aug. 10, 2026

Five Questions for Landscape Designer Susan Cohan

Cohan's New Jersey studio works across the northeast. We asked her about reading a site, staying small, and what she protects when budgets get tight

June 29, 2026

Profiles

Minnesota Architect on the Details Clients Aren't Meant to See

In this edition of Builder in 5, Adam Jarvi of St. Paul's NewStudio Architecture tells us why he obsesses over alignments clients almost never see, and how his contracting and...

June 17, 2026

Wellness

What an Asheville Designer Wants Clients to Know About Wellness, AI, and Healthy Homes

Laura Sullivan draws on a healthcare background to guide decisions on materials and air quality, and explains what clients' AI-generated renderings consistently leave out

June 16, 2026

Building Better Homes Starts With Better Construction Culture

In this episode of Women at WIRC, Big Dog Construction co-owner Gena Hoyt discusses apprenticeships, women in the trades, social media education, and why culture matters for retention...

May 27, 2026

Why This Remodeler Stopped Treating AI Like a Search Engine

Ashley Sheaffer of KBF Design Gallery shares how she's built AI into her firm's sales and project management systems to scale what her team can do

May 20, 2026

Industry Insights

Technology

A Robot Artist Designs a Home for Humans and Robots to Share

A life-like robot has designed a modular studio-home for humans and humanoids to share, and the creator is using it to raise questions the industry will have to address soon enough...

July 2, 2026

Great room interior of a Toll Brothers home

Toll Brothers Told Investors It's Competing Against Custom for Land

During its latest earnings call, Toll Brothers described how it's competing more directly with custom firms on land acquisition, and with luxury clients and personalization

June 1, 2026

Builders and Architects Share What's Working in 2026

We put the same question to seven custom builders and architects: What's the one thing defining your strategy right now?

May 12, 2026

Exterior of a Southern California luxury home

Industry Insights

Custom Architects Say Luxury is Holding, While Mid-Tier Adjusts

A new survey tracks the health of the custom residential architecture segment and highlights trends in specialty rooms, kitchens, material choices, and remodeling activity, offering...

March 18, 2026

Products

Outdoor Living

The Rundown: 5 Custom Elements That Brought This Indoor-Outdoor Spa to Life

Sometimes the best home features are the ones designed specifically for the project. In this edition of the Rundown, we look at the tailored solutions behind this indoor-outdoor...

Aug. 5, 2026

Exterior

5 New Products for Outdoor Living

As homeowners continue upgrading outdoor living spaces, recent product launches are giving builders and designers new options for kitchens, patios, pools, and more

July 15, 2026

This 9,800-square-foot home in Virgina was built using a mix of natural materials and products inspired by the environment.

Design

The Rundown: 5 Natural Products and Materials in a Contemporary Virginia Home

From a freestanding tub with a stone-like finish to floor-to-ceiling glass panels that blur the lines between indoor and outdoor spaces, this home feels at one with its surrounding...

July 6, 2026

Aerial drone photo of a soake plunge pool in a Michigan back yard

Made to Order

Built Different: The Plunge Pool Nobody Thought Could Work

Karen Larson had no pool industry experience when she set out to build a precast concrete plunge pool. That turned out to be the key

June 10, 2026

Green & Sustainable

Wellness

The $580 Billion Wellness Market Is Changing How Homes Get Built

Builders and designers are making health decisions about materials, air quality, and certification paths long before amenities are chosen

Aug. 12, 2026

High Performance

Roundup: 5 Wildfire-Ready Home Designs

These builders and designers are reconsidering traditional construction methods to develop homes that are resistant to wildfires

July 22, 2026

Wellness

Liz Miles on Why Healthy Homes Start Before Amenities are Chosen

A Q&A with WELL for Residential's Liz Miles on why ventilation, daylighting, acoustics, and material choices shape a healthy home, and where to start even without pursuing certification...

July 14, 2026

Front porch of a contemporary dogtrot style home

Case Studies

Inside a Contemporary Dogtrot Built to Catch the Breeze

On the South Carolina coast, Jane and Michael Frederick keep the center-hall breezeway that provided passive cooling in Southern homes for generations, then added folding glass...

June 24, 2026

Construction Trends

Photo of a steel frame house by Minarc Architects

High Performance

Why Wildfire Zones Are Still Building Homes to a Lower Standard

Minarc is rebuilding Palisades homes in steel and questioning why single-family construction in wildfire zones is held to a lower standard than commercial and multifamily

May 20, 2026

Technology

Writing the (Literal) Book on AI in Home Building

Grace Mase, author and construction industry expert, joins us on this episode of Women at WIRC to share how AI can improve production, lighten the workload, and set businesses...

April 29, 2026