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Builders Start to Rethink the Design of the American Home
Chicago Tribune
October, 2003
By Barbara Ballinger Buchholz, Chicago Tribune

   13. Secondary structures. They may be small, but owners with extra land and a specific need request a separate building. Clients of George Myers, of GTM Architects Inc. in Kensington, Md., have asked for offices, playhouses and suites for grown children.
Evanston architect Thomas Roszak of  Roszak/ADC gets requests for structures to accommodate in-laws and returning children.
   14. Nurturing homes. Whatever the budget, more architects and builders push homeowners to sustain the environment through materials that don’t cause damage; fixtures that conserve water, such as sensor faucets, energy-efficient appliances and windows; and designs that preserve land, says Karen Childress of WCI Communities Inc., a developer in Bonita Springs, Fla.
   Owners also want houses to nurture them. Architect Jonathan Lipman of Fairfield, Iowa, is inspired by Vedic architecture, which promotes health and harmony through building choices such as placing a house and its furnishings in a certain direction and using natural materials.
   15. Faster delivery. Houses will be built for greater speed and flexibility. Susanka wants homeowners to be able to go to a store, take a virtual tour of options, make a selection and have panels delivered to the site for faster assembly. Ruvin thinks panelized room wall systems will allow homeowners to change looks more easily than a total gut redo.
   16. Multiple homes. Owning just one 21st century home won’t do. Whether due to wanderlust or a hobby, homeowners will buy multiple dwellings or invest in time shares, says trends watcher Stephen Roulac of Roulac Global Places LLC in San Francisco. Some interiors will be outfitted with furnishings with similar inserts, similar to drawers, that owners pack with belongings and ship to their next destination, Ruvin says.
   What are the odds that homeowners will overcome their concern about resale and push for such changes? Susanka thinks a few will. But, she puts the onus on builders and architects to create a different type of house for buyers who’ve stayed away from the new home market because they couldn’t find what they wanted.
   “These are the same people, more than 50 million, who search for a way to live their values, what writers Paul H. Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson describe as the ‘Cultural Creatives.’ They’re more concerned with everything in their world than just themselves and are soul-searching,” Susanka says, “for the right food, vacation, self-improvement and house.”     Important Note. In order to move on with the loan process, a future value appraisal report is needed. This can be ordered as soon as the basic plans are ready. There is no need to wait for the full construction working drawings.

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