Stacey Freed

People are going back to their offices, whether full-time or as part of a hybrid work schedule. Here's how offices are adapting their physical spaces.

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.

Here’s how (and why) to target consumers with clear messaging about factory-built housing.

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.

This piece, for Building Stone magazine, tells about how locally sourced volcanic stone brings beauty to a Rwandan hospital as well as jobs and dignity to patients and workers.

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.

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.

A good mattress is a lifeboat carrying you from one day to the next, and the average mattress lasts seven to 10 years (a high-end mattress like a Tempur-Pedic may hold up for 15 years).
When you're ready for your next mattress there are a couple of ways to go about it: try-then-buy from a mattress store, purchase online, or test mattresses out at a hotel. Each method has its pros and cons.

Identifying your attachment to things can help you unburden your heart and declutter your life.

Simple ways to make your tech work for you —and not the other way around.

A Q&A with a 73-year old world champion pro-am ballroom dancer.

AKC Family Dog magazine
Canine blood donors can one day save your dog's life.

When Kevin Yost began working from home last spring due to the pandemic, he set himself up at his San Francisco area home's dining room table. But with sensitive material on his laptop, he needed more privacy from his wife, who often worked from home, and two teenage children. Yost discovered a solution in his own backyard.

A round up celebrating nine "pockets of joy" from the 2020 Best in American Living Awards.

The best home builders, architects, and designers turn houses into homes by creating spaces that bring energy, positivity, or a sense of calm to their occupants. And they do it in any number of ways, using proportion, light, natural elements, sculptural details, or a dash of whimsy.

Texas storms vs. Passive House construction: And the winner is...

Architect Trey Farmer shows how his Certified Passive House stood up to the massive storms that hit Texas in early 2021.

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