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• Design Competition Challenges Architects to Create Sustainable, Safe Housing for Disaster Victims

  Kit homes were designed using the same set of materials, each of which fits into a single shipping container for easy transport to disaster sites.

   

• California locality releases Ryland from plans to build subdivision

  July 22--A Live Oak housing development announced at the height of California's real estate boom will soon no longer be even lines on a map.

   

• Philly building boom continues around Temple

  July 16--Don't tell Nick Pizzola there's a building bust.

   

• Innovation Abounds in Every Area of Home Building

  To pull their way out of the recession, builders, designers, and inventors are pushing the creative envelope with new designs, construction solutions, and management systems.

   

• Wausau Homes Starts Fresh in Its Second Half-Century

  A new marketing and sales strategy focuses on reducing buyers’ anxieties.

   

• In Praise of Factory-Built Green

  Surprisingly beautiful and “intrinsically green,” modular houses are easy and fast to construct.

   

• Two Fayetteville builders are on a national list of top performers

  May 19--Two Fayetteville companies are back on Builder magazine's "Top 100" list, and they've moved up in the national rankings.

   

• Private Equity Firm Buys Excel Homes

  New owner, H.I.G. Capital, plans aggressive growth for the modular-home manufacturer.

   

• Prefab Builder Gets Museum Endorsement

  Connor Homes signs licensing deal with art collector Henry DuPont's former Delaware estate.

   

• Modular Builders Use Innovation to Drive Sales

  Although not immune to the downturn, some factory-built firms survived by turning to new products and ideas.