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Houses designed for a multigenerational family
Lennar started marketing its new designs last fall with particular gusto: “Next Gen — The Home Within a Home” is a title and tag line intended to wrap the notion of multigenerational living in a...
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Winners Announced for LA County's Yes to ADU Design Competition
Hot-market cities grappling with a dearth of housing, like those along the coast of California, are increasingly looking at accessory dwelling units (ADUs)—commonly known as "granny flats—to help...
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Seattle architecture professionals identify 5 residential trends
As with every single other thing about Seattle, there’ve been some developments in residential design since 2008 [...] Here are five opportunities, in the form of developments in residential...
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Seattle is upzoning to address its housing crisis
Seattle’s upzoning plan is set to take place throughout the city, but only 6 percent of single-family neighborhoods will be affected. These neighborhoods will be rezoned to allow for smaller, denser...
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Oregon legalizes "missing middle" housing
Oregon legislators took a historic leap toward greener, fairer, less expensive cities Sunday by passing the first law of its kind in the United States or Canada: A state-level legalization of...
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Boise embraces Accessory Dwelling Units
Backyard cottages typically provide affordable housing in already developed neighborhoods. They’re one way Boise city leaders hope to rein in runaway rents and house prices. On Tuesday, the Boise City...
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Philadelphia moves to allow ADUs in historic buildings
A bill allowing these “accessory dwelling units” (ADUs) on historically designated properties won approval Tuesday from the city’s Planning Commission. The nod advanced a policy change that backers...
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California eliminates single-family zoning
Under AB 68, homeowners who apply to build accessory dwelling units, or “granny flats,” can also apply to build a second, “junior” ADU on their property — the functional equivalent of statewide...
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California's stealthy approach to abolishing single-family zoning pays off
For many, the long-standing neighborhood template of a home, backyard and garage on a lot was too intrinsic to the California lifestyle to upend. But over the past four years, a suite of smaller...
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LA-based Bunch Design tackles SoCal's ADU market with BunchADU
LA-based design firm, Bunch Design, led by husband and wife team Bo Sundius and Hisako Ichiki, have launched BunchADU, which focuses on custom and pre-designed Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). In...
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Seattle-based Hybrid Architecture realizes vibrant multi-family housing...
Big Mouth House was developed by Hybrid Architecture, led by Rob Humble in collaboration with Kailin Gregga of Best Practice Architecture and sole practitioner Steven Lazen. The team transformed a...
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Los Angeles hopes to cut housing red tape with preapproved ADU designs
More than a dozen designs for accessory dwelling units, known as ADUs, will be offered through the city’s ADU Standard Plan Program [...]. The small-scale, stand-alone residences are generally tucked...
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A possible future for ADUs and its growing 'familiarity factor'
The allure of ADU's has grown significantly. Yet, with new state laws initiated in places like California pre-fabricated options for backyard dwelling units are more accessible to those who want them....
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California may be about to clear a major hurdle in its mad scramble to find...
California needs more affordable housing — quickly. 1.8 million homes by 2025 to be exact. What the state will actually do about is becoming clearer after a Thursday decision to advance Senate Bill 9,...
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San Diego's suburbs are becoming the new frontline in the state's battle...
The pressure to remake neighborhoods like Clairemont is due not to some sudden shift in what people want out of a home but rather to the sweeping social changes that have already played out inside...
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'First community of 3D printed, recycled plastic homes' to be built in...
California-based Azure Printed Homes has announced intentions to construct 14 prefabricated 3D printed homes using recycled plastic. The homes will form part of a new housing development in Ridgecrest,...
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Rice architecture students design and build ADU with a nod to Texas’...
Architecture students from Rice University have unveiled their newly-completed accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Houston, Texas. Designed by Rice alumni Madeleine Pelzel and Kati Gullick during their...
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AIA Home Design Trends Survey shows demand for larger homes remaining strong...
The latest data from the American Institute of Architects shows a continued increase in a homebuilding trend that began in the throes of the pandemic and has not abated in the face of supply-chain...
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On the potential 'second draft' of the American suburbs
It could look like another round of flight from the city. Or what we may be witnessing is a “second draft” of the American suburbs. Many communities that were once white, exclusionary, and...
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'Inflatable' concrete homes are coming to the market thanks to this startup
A new solution to America’s multifaceted housing frustrations is blowing up in New York’s Hudson River Valley thanks to a startup called Automatic Construction.The company says it has invented a new...
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