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Two color experts look at the macro trends influencing exterior color and offer tips to leverage the latest tastes and preferences.
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Outdoor living, multi-textured facades, resilient roofs, brick, copper, and other features and products that are top of mind this year.
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While the classic look of wood is forever timeless, new developments in design allow vinyl siding to look and feel like real wood, down to the actual grain.
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By: Taylor Johnson
Taylor Johnson’s housing experts share their insights and predictions for five trends that will shape residential real estate in 2023.
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The Association of Professional Builders (APB) announced new guidelines to maintain profitability for small home builders.
By: Novid Parsi, Utopia Contributing Editor
Mississippi-based Modern Mill uses discarded rice husks to create a wood-alternative building material called Acre.
By: Novid Parsi, Utopia Contributing Editor
After surveying hundreds of home shoppers to find out what they most want in their homes, Tri Pointe Homes announced several new standard offerings.
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Swidget Smart Controls detect unhealthy air and automatically control Panasonic's ventilation products, enabling it to remove the unhealthy or contaminated air.
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By: Alison Rice, Utopia Managing Editor
As the housing industry strives to meet demand, a shortage of labor is a perpetual problem. Recruiting, training, and hiring more women could help; they represent a minority of the workforce in many housing-related sectors, including building supply dealers and specialty trade contractors.
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Utopia editors bring you the latest project news in the modular building, offsite construction, and prefabrication markets.
By: Gehan Homes
Gehan Homes announced the acquisition of an 80% interest in Southern Impression Homes, a builder/developer that provides a Build-to-Rent platform for its investors.
By: Quinn Purcell, Managing Editor
High-performance homebuilders have a lot on their plate. Here are a few prominent issues of heavy discussion taken from the 2022 EEBA Summit.
By: Novid Parsi, Utopia Contributing Editor
For builders, 2023 likely will bring declining demand, rising costs, and continued mental health struggles. But builders also will benefit from lessons learned.
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Two color experts look at the macro trends influencing exterior color and offer tips to leverage the latest tastes and preferences.
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By: Westlake Royal Building Products
Outdoor living, multi-textured facades, resilient roofs, brick, copper, and other features and products that are top of mind this year.
By: Quinn Purcell, Managing Editor
Unlike their for-sale counterparts, build-for-rent (BFR) homes come with unique design opportunities. John Burns Real Estate Consulting shares six strategies for differentiating your BFR homes.
By: Quinn Purcell, Managing Editor
Utopia editors are heading to Las Vegas for the 2023 NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS). Will we see you there?
By: Novid Parsi, Utopia Contributing Editor
Illinois-based Lamboo produces an engineered bamboo that can be used for interior, exterior, and structural applications.
By: Quinn Purcell, Managing Editor
For builders and homeowners alike, these 14 patterns of biophilic design offer a look into the most favorable ways biophilia can be incorporated into a home.