Spending many years in various facets of the home industry, California native Matt Blashaw, owner of Blashaw Residential, loves the challenge of incorporating a dash of Golden State design influence where one would least expect it—Kansas City, Kan.…
For U.S. and Canadian homeowners, spring rainy season is appreciated before the looming long, hot summer. These days, even people living in regions that didn’t have water-conservation efforts are rethinking their water usage. As precipitation becomes more precious,…
Inspired by California’s enviable indoor-outdoor lifestyle, Los Angeles-based Conner + Perry Architects Inc. set out to renovate a growing family’s small, bungalow-style home in Venice, Calif., adapting it into a dream home. The firm’s design goal was to…
For decades, housing experts, real-estate development leaders, and design professionals have understood the value of adaptive reuse for boosting housing production while preserving local history and architectural fabric. Yet this sector is evolving out of necessity. As the…