Architecture & Design

Luxe List Home Adds 12 Atlanta Communities to Its 2010 List

Los Angeles–Luxe List Home has chosen 12 luxury apartment communities in Atlanta for inclusion in the 2010 Luxe List.

Free-up Building Development Dollars

Conventional framing techniques use about 15 percent to 20 percent more framing material than is structurally needed.

Meet the 2010 Excellence Award Winners

The MHN Excellence Awards recognize the multifamily industry’s most noteworthy people, companies and properties.

Web Feature: Packing in Amenities for Multi-Generational Demographic

New York–Apartment renters across the country desire amenities.

Oi Cellular Furniture: A Unique Couch to Lounge On

Oi’s new cellular furniture system is a unique line of seating and surface components, which fit onto a 30-in. x 30-in. base to create a cell. The cells can be combined to create hundreds of configurations.

Solving Acoustical Problems in Multifamily Construction

As population growth, sustainable design, urban planning imperatives and work-at-home trends combine to produce higher residential densities and occupancy hours in cities, residents’ concern for privacy increases.

MHN Interview with Lisa Gelfand: Stimulus Money Helped Start Three Projects

Lisa Gelfand, principal at Gelfand Architects talks to MHN about the importance of the AARO funds in getting these projects done and the challenges in converting former these hotels into residential units.

How to Stage a Model Apartment?

New York–One of the first things prospective residents like to see in a property is the model units.

Web Feature: How to Stage a Model Apartment Unit?

New York–One of the first things prospective residents like to see in a property is the model units. They look at models to picture themselves living in the apartment or to figure out if their furniture will fit in a unit at the property.

Web Feature: Sustainability Charrette? Way to Go Green

New York–Developer Full Spectrum recently held a sustainability charrette in New York City for its Old Capitol Green project located in downtown Jackson, Miss.