Issue 259 – HOUSES 2016
Features
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Best New Home 2016: The Architecture of Simplicity
This new zero-energy home captures the spirit of the Shakers with elegant details and a straightforward plan
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Best Small Home 2016: A Mighty Hudson View
Site constraints and a desire View to optimize the view drove the design of this subtle small home
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Best Traditional Home 2016: 21st-Century Bungalow
A bigger kitchen and a second floor combine with a period details to update a Texas spec project
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Best Energy-Smart Home 2016: West Coast Solar
This California home combines traditional passive-solar strategies with new-age materials
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Editor's Choice Award 2016: Downsize and Simplify
This compact near-zero-energy home is designed for those looking to live well with minimal impact
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Against the Grain: The Next Generation of Builders
Millennials are picking up the tool belts the generation ahead is putting down
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Welcome to the Agrihood
Farming is central to a new breed of planned community
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Calculating the True Cost of Construction
A veteran builder uncovers the upgrades that take building budgets from baseline to busted.
Article
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Houses 2016: Fixtures and Materials
What do designing, building, and remodeling homes have in common? Lots of decisions. You have to choose everything from the type of insulation in the walls to the type of…
