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Sometimes, fine-tuning is all that's necessary to turn a good model presentationinto a great one.

Houses are a lot like fashion.

Read as much into this as you want, but don't ignore it: Neotraditonal neighborhoods are not just a fad anymore.

This is a tale of the lessons learned from four communities: the quarter century old Village Homes in Tucson, Ariz.; the grand plans of Coffee Creek Center in Chesterton, Ind., and the urban infill Village in Armory Park, also in Tucson.

A warranty service company in San Francisco guarantees home service work 100%--no questions asked.

Architect William McDonough, the Man Time magazine recently selected as one of its Heroes for the planet, has a lofty goal--to balance ecology, equity and economy in all that he creates.