CB June 2002

As nesting becomes the norm for more and more people, with the home as the hub of all activity, architect Tony Perry says good home design should do two important things: create a vacation home’s look and feel in primary residences, and give people qui...

Kohler has introduced chromatherapy using color to affect or create mood into its new Purist soaking bath.

The bathroom is the part of the house with the densest assortment of materials and finishes, says Dan Blitzer, an educator for the American Lighting Association.

With concrete emerging as a preferred building material, Concrete Countertops from The Taunton Press provides a blueprint for bringing concrete into bathroom and kitchen design.

Neo-Metro has piped the sleekness, modernity and maintenance ease of stainless steel into bathroom design with its Metaal Suite — a basin and matching toilet.

Allora LLC, a new design/build firm based in Greenville, S.C., is attempting to change the way custom homes are built by unifying traditionally separate pro-cesses.

As builders struggle to retain staff, benefit packages appear to be playing a larger role in an employee’s decision to remain at or leave a job.

Before you determine whether you can afford a pension plan for yourself and your employees, it’s important to understand the types of plans available and the attributes of each

South Florida’s mild winters are an almost irresistible draw to the discriminating second-home market, custom builder Rick Harwick says.

Architect Bob Wetmore designed this custom residence in Austin, Texas, for clients who wanted their new home to complement their active lifestyle and satisfy their desire to spend as much time as possible outside.