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CONTENTS

DECEMBER 2016

FEATURES

58

The Next Big Thing

Buyers want to know

that their new homes

won’t make them sick.

By Robyn Griggs

Lawrence

IBS ROUNDUP

32

Best In Show

BUILDER editors

share their favorites

of the 200-plus

offerings at the 2017

International Builders’

Show, in addition to a

peek at new products

that will debut in

Orlando.

15

Editor’s Notes

UP FRONT

22

Metroscape

24

Pulse

28

Design Trends

PROJECTS

42

Midcentury Modest

CASE STUDIES

53

Opportunity Knocks

NAHB NOTES

69

Chairman’s Letter

70

Home Innovation

Research Labs

72

Dietz’s Economy

DATA DIVE

80

Frank Talk

SANTA MONICA ADOPTS ZERO

NET ENERGY ORDINANCE

The law would require all new

single-family construction in

the city to be zero net energ y

PREFAB CARTRIDGE-BUILT

HOME RECEIVES TOP HONORS

Virginia Tech’s LakeHAUS

receives an award for its

design from AIA Virginia

TEXAS PROJECT BOASTS UP TO

10-GIGABIT INTERNET SPEED

A minimum of 2-gigabit

internet speeds, covered in

HOA dues, will be standard

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Influences of

midcentury

modern design are

found throughout

the Laurelwood

Residence by

Alterstudio.