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• New Name, Same Purpose at NAHB Research Center

  The NAHB Research Center hopes rebranding itself as the Home Innovation Research Labs will help to better communicate its mission.

• What Does Sequestration Mean for Home Building?

  As the government cuts begin to take hold, builders are trying to gauge what the impact will be on housing's rebound.

• Project Gallery: Walpole Public Library

  LLB Architects had been working with the Walpole community since 2007 when we were asked to re-envision and improve upon the previous library design, accepted for a construction grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners: User-generated architecture from LLB Architects.

• Project Gallery: Robinson Nature Center

  The three-story structure is nestled into the sloped site, with much of it below grade in order to minimize impact on the site: User-generated architecture from GWWO Architects.

• Rouse-Developed Apartment Building Gets Green Facelift

  The affordable housing complex in Columbia, Md., was originally developed by James Rouse.

• Net-Zero-Energy Residential Test Facility Unveiled

  The LEED-Platinum home on the NIST campus will serve as a testing laboratory for energy-efficient technologies.

• Across the Institute

  San Francisco, Tainan City, Eugene, Jyväskylä, Baltimore

• Modular Retreat

  This diminutive shelter can serve as a vacation house, yoga studio, or backyard office.

• Geothermal Heat Pumps Now Count Toward Maryland’s Renewable Energy Credit Minimum

  A new addition to the state’s list of accepted renewable energy sources may help reduce costs of heating and cooling large buildings.

• Is Smart Growth a Dumb Idea?

  A recent blog posting questions the market viability of higher density development.