Dec 6th 2011 6:00AM
Longing for a slice of la dolce vita but not quite ready to haul out and move to Italy? Then this stunning Tuscan-style villa could be the perfect home for you. This gated, 15,341-square-foot estate in The Woodlands, Texas, has just hit the market for $14 million -- somewhat pricey for a home in the greater Houston... Continue Reading »
Jun 22nd 2010 1:30PM
Sales of existing homes dropped unexpectedly in May, according to data released today by the National Association of Realtors. Economists had predicted that sales would rise, buoyed by the home buyer tax credit. (The deadline for contract signings was the end of April, but buyers have until June 30 to close.) Simply put,... Continue Reading »
Feb 18th 2010 6:00PM
Potato chip and cookie wrappers are usually crunched up and tossed away in our haste to devour our snack of choice. But as waste material, those wrappers can really add up. A company known for their waste-material-turned-product, TerraCycle, has found a clever way to convert that material into new trashcans -- all from... Continue Reading »
Jan 20th 2010 4:20PM
Once the residents of Port-au-Prince are medically stabilized who is going to help rebuild Haiti? A design-build team at Clemson University's School of Architecture has a green solution for quickly finding homes for the thousands of displaced Haitians following last week's catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake and today's... Continue Reading »
Jan 15th 2010 12:30PM
A country built on a firm belief in individualism? Tell that to the housing developers who stamp out look-alike houses like factory widgets. If you live in one of these habitats you might be suffering from BBF, or "boring box fatigue." The cure? The resolve to "strike out and stick out." Some homeowners in the U.S. and... Continue Reading »
