Design

I live in  the  Twin Cities area of Minneapolis / St.Paul ,  where we have one of the  largest Parade of Home tours in the country.  Every year I look through all of the Parade offerings to see if I can identify any new trends. A couple of things have struck me;  1) how  very similar many of these house s  are and 2)  this  economy  can   not be a great environment for  many home  builders.    The question begs to be asked;    i f you are   by-and-large  building  the same house as your competition, how is  your   much sought after  customer going to decide which  house to purchase?      Right ,   pretty much on price alone.     This doesn't seem like a good business formula to me. As an architect  I have worked with a number of builders that understand the benefits of  a creative and well thoug...