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Designed for Its Place & Time
At the top of his game, architect Obie Bowman orchestrates his signature materials and details into a contemporary retirement house
A Practical Approach to Passive House
An architect's "best work to date" is a super-efficient home that you could build.
Building a Healthy House
For a chemically sensitive homeowner, a cleaner indoor environment meant focusing on six key concepts.
Tailgate: Cameron Sinclair, Advocate
The founder of Architecture for Humanity is working to improve lives through socially conscious design
Design an Integral Porch
Explore four types of integral porches
What's the Difference: Designs for Accessibility
Accessible design, universal design, and aging-in-place design
What’s the Difference: Window-Shading Options
Solar screens, exterior blinds, shutters, and awnings
HOUSES 2012 Guest Judges' Favorites
When reviewing the submissions we received for this year’s awards issue, each of our five guest judges discovered a compelling project that didn’t quite fit as a category winner. We…
Alternative to Pressure-Treated Decking
Perennial Wood decking from Eastma Manufactured by Eastman 800-530-7495; www.perennialwood.com Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn., has been making acetic anhydride for years. In the 1930s, the company used…
Foam Forms for Concrete Caps
Rigid-foam wall-cap forms from Stegmeier Manufactured by Stegmeier 800-382-5430; www.stegmeier.com Cost: $130 to $150 for a box of 10 8-ft.-long pieces; $140 for a box of 10 spring-steel clamps Stegmeier…

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