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Functional Floating Home
This floating home maximizes its waterfront location with seamless indoor-outdoor living, a unique two-story layout, and a design that prioritizes light and views.
Making Small Kitchens Work
In older homes like these, the main remodeling goal is often a more welcoming, more social, and more functional kitchen.
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A Kominka Comes West
Thanks to an international effort to preserve traditional Japanese homes, an old timber frame is rebuilt in Oregon.
Mid-Wall Install
This time-tested installation method for flangeless windows ensures smooth operation and provides air, water, and vapor control.
Strategies for Building a High-Performance Home
Discover a range of approaches to high-performance home design and construction.
Small Home on a Hill
A steep roof pitch and barn-red siding help this small house fit in with its Vermont site.
Dynamite DADU
This compact detached accessory dwelling has an efficient layout with a vaulted ceiling that enhances the sense of space.
Passive House 3.0
With improved energy codes and more clean electricity coming online, the Phius program is leaning into comfort, durability, resilience, and flexibility for designers and builders.
FHB Podcast Segment: Advice for an Efficient and Affordable New Build
The team offers expert advice on building an affordable new home that follows building-science best practices.

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