Focused mostly on remodeling, construction, wellness, real estate, sustainability. Also writes about lifestyle, pets, education. Bylines in AARP, Forbes.com, USAToday, Better Homes & Gardens.
Reinventing the Office After COVID-19
5 new adaptations for the post pandemic workplace.
Training Programs That Work
Everyone complains about the lack of young workers. These six programs — all focused on offsite and industrialized construction — are doing something about it.
Building Stone Magazine: Beyond Warmth
Stone artists Andreas and Naomi Kunert on their work building unique stone fireplaces
Heat Pumps Can Keep Your Home Warm and Cool. Should You Get One?
Heat pumps are having a moment. They aren’t used much in the U.S. — yet — but they are more efficient than traditional gas furnaces and better for the environment. And despite the name, heat pumps can be used to provide both warmth and cooling.
Matt Bowers, 43, lives in a 2,800-square-foot house in Rochester, New York. He heats his home, he says, “with the same amount of electricity that’s put out by a hair dryer.” The yearly heating portion of his electric bill is approximately $250..."
Building Stone Magazine: A Concrete Argument for Stone
Natural stone replaces cast stone for a new addition to Dallas' Old Parkland campus
Blueprint For The Future?
After spending more than 40 years in construction and real estate development, Jerome Smalley knew there needed to be a better way to build. In 2015, he partnered with entrepreneurs Karim Sahyoun and Sascha Bopp to create Blueprint Robotics, an advanced off-site building system that combines Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology with robotic machinery to create precision building components for wood-framed construction.
Make it Fun
Decluttering your home is no laughing matter, but when you make the process a game, motivation follows. Here’s how to get yourself—and your entire family—into the organizing groove.
Goodbye To All That
Identifying your attachment to things can help you unburden your heart and declutter your life.
Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers
Here’s how (and why) to target consumers with clear messaging about factory-built housing.
Solidity, Place, and Character
Building Stone Magazine: Profile of award-winning architects Billie Tsien and Tod Williams
Affordable Modular Infill
Using steel-framed modules, Chicago-based Kinexx can build infill homes on urban lots in working-class neighborhoods for less cost than stick-built.
This company has concluded that cost and schedule savings make modular a good fit for small urban lots in working-class neighborhoods.
11 Gorgeous Buildings Around the World Designed by Black Architects
Black architects have been designing architectural structures and making their mark on the international landscape since the late 1800s, despite historical barriers. check out these incredible new and historical buildings from Southern California to Tokyo.
Chappaquiddick film recalls tragic Ted Kennedy scandal
When director John Curran (Tracks and The Painted Veil) first received the script for his new film Chappaquiddick, which opens nationwide April 6, it was 2016 and the height of the primaries season.
Like many voters, Curran said he was “disgusted with politicians...
Designing Insta-Worthy Retail Spaces
Not so long ago, retail space would get a facelift every five to seven years, but the influence of the digital world and the culture of automatic updates have changed expectations of how shopping in the real world looks and feels, making the old renovation timetable essentially obsolete...
Beat Facebook at Its Own Algorithm Game
Facebook’s aim to become a “digital living room,” making users’ networks smaller and more private, may require a change in your social media strategy to remain visible to current and prospective clients online. It will take time to know the full impact of the social network’s latest shift, announced in March, which prioritizes private messaging and Facebook groups over other content. But the intent, like other recent Facebook changes, is to limit users’ exposure to posts generated outside the...