Outrageous Ideas for Market Driven Attainable Housing
Everyone has an eye on the housing crisis, and an opinion to go with it. At this moment there doesn’t appear to be any “magic…
Grey Is The New Green In Mixed-Use Infill
Throughout California, and probably most of the country, underperforming regional malls and shopping centers are being surveyed for their redevelopment potential, particularly as they deteriorate…
Sustainability or Attainability?
*Original article was written by Cassie Cherry and published in Green Home Builder Magazine. While affordability, “missing middle” housing, and the sheer number of housing units…
Don’t Be Shocked By The All-Electric Future
Adaptation of new technologies for apartment leasing and management is driven largely by residents’ habits, preferences, and lifestyles. Today’s residents are also, quite literally, driving…
How RHNA Will Impact Residential Development
Above Image Shows An iDA Lab Low-Density Redevelopment Concept - 10 Homes On 2 Lots With A Community Room. HINT: IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD…
Thinking About Building a Modular Multifamily Project?
Developers everywhere today are searching for ways to lower construction costs for multifamily projects – not just to make them attainable for folks with lower…
Designing for Generation Z
*Original article was written by Daniel Gehman, AIA, LEED AP and published in Builder and Developer. It’s serendipity when disparate trends overlap in harmony. Like the…
Designed for Life: The Cyclic Nature of Housing Designs
Like what we drive, where and how we live reflects our lifestyles and stages. The needs of each stage differ and require varied physical accommodations…
Denser By Design
Can we agree we’re way past debating that at least here in California, we need to produce a lot more housing than we’ve been doing? …
Deep Satisfaction to the Mind
*Original article was written by Daniel Gehman, AIA, LEED AP, for and published in the MFE 2020 Concept Community Report As we endure this unprecedented…