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Architects and designers present their best design ideas for jump-starting home building
Publication Date:
Tue, 2012-07-24 16:18
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Can design innovation jump-start home building?
That's the question we posed to more than a dozen leading architects and designers in our special Design Innovation Report [1], published in the July 2012 issue [1] of Professional Builder.
The group, which includes Robert Hidey, Aram Bassenian, Phil Kean, John Thatch, Arthur Danielian, Dave Kosco, Donald Evans, Larry Garnett, Sarah Susanka, Jerry Messman, Jeff Larsen, Bill Warwick, and Dale Patton, responded with their best ideas and concepts for helping builders sell more homes — today.
Here's a roundup of their design ideas:
1. Rethinking great room design
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Bassenian Lagoni's Aram Bassenian presents a house plan that solves some of the design tradeoffs typical in great room homes. MORE [2]
2. The Ability House
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This plan by Art Danielian of Danielian Associates Architecture + Planning is designed to serve multi-generational living with its detached “casita” unit. MORE [3]
3. Ten development opportunities for builders
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Donald Evans of the Evans Group presents 10 hot design opportunities for the home-building community. MORE [4]
4. The courtyard neighborhood concept
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Larry Garnett's design concept blends the setting of a cozy courtyard neighborhood with a narrow footprint that wraps the home around an inviting and functional side yard. MORE [5]
5. Detached garage with flexible living space
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Larry Garnett presents a design reminiscent of a historic carriage house, with a garage that has room for two cars and a fully equipped living quarters above. MORE [6]
6. High-density detached housing development
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Robert Hidey says high-density detached housing offers an alternative product design that has proven to be popular with both buyers and builders. MORE [7]
7. Next-gen home design maximizes outdoor living
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Phil Kean's design concept for the New American Home features movable glass panels and a large lanai to maximize outdoor living. MORE [8]
8. Single-family feel, carriage home style
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Bassenian Lagoni's Dave Kosco offers a multi-family plan designed to live differently than other multi-family options on the market and build more affordably as well. MORE [9]
9. The keyed garage configuration
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Jeff Larsen of MVE & Partners presents a rowhouse concept with an interlocking or keyed garage configuration that achieves higher densities than conventional rear-loaded rowhouses. MORE [10]
10. The living apart together house
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Jerry Messman of BSB Design presents a unique house plan geared for people who are looking to share housing. MORE [11]
11. The One-and-One Great Room scheme
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In smaller homes, a typical great room can become uncomfortably tight. The One-and-One Great Room by Dale Patton of Danielian Associates not only feels large, it lives large. MORE [12]
12. The up-front kitchen configuration
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Sarah Susanka's latest Not So Big House project places the kitchen and eating area adjacent to the front porch, making the outdoor space a natural extension of the kitchen’s habitable area. MORE [13]
13. Community-focused front porches
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Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Showhouse project places the primary living spaces adjacent to the front porch to facilitate movement outside. MORE [14]
14. The Legacy House
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Dahlin Group's John Thatch presents a house design concept that can serve multiple generations as a family moves through life. MORE [15]
15. The flexible townhouse plan
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Bill Warwick of BartonPartners Architects talks about a luxury townhome community with flexible home designs that appeal to a wide array of buyers. MORE [16]
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For more articles from Professional Builder's special Design Innovation Report, click here [1].
