Single-family starts flattened in November as builders struggled to meet demand, while overall housing starts increased 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.55 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Architecture firm billing activity is contracting once again after two months of a slowing decline, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects.
The pandemic has buoyed the custom residential design sector while impacting homeowner design preferences, according to a fourth quarter Home Design Trends Survey from the American Institute of Architects.
Nature-inspired designs continue to drive interior design, according to Candice Olson, host of Toronto-based home-makeover shows Divine Design and Candice Tells All.
With more than 20 launches this year, the Pentz Commercial lineup has addressed the changing needs of various end-users including products for social distancing, wayfinding, and value-engineering with its Apex SDP product line-up and LVT glue down products.
A trend of higher demand for housing in lower-density areas reported in the second quarter National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) has persisted into the fall, as single-family and multifamily construction continued to overperform in lower cost markets like suburbs and exurbs.
While architectural billings failed to show much progress during October, signs of improving business conditions at firms have emerged, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects.
Led by solid gains in single-family production, overall housing starts increased 4.9 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
