More stories about Lots

• Book: 'ReThinking a Lot'

  Parking lots are a typology on the verge of transformation, says author Eran Ben-Joseph.

• The New Colonias

  SAN JUAN, TEXAS—Homes made of scavenged wood line the streets of some subdivisions here, where very poor “homeowners” can be thrown out on almost any pretext.

• Philadelphia Turns to Housing

  PHILADELPHIA - About once a month, Milton Pratt gets an invitation to visit a vacant lot or field of rubble in North Philadelphia.

• One Great Offer

  By John Caulfield. Ara Hovnanian, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Hovnanian Enterprises, was on the line. Smith, who says he had met Ara Hovnanian a few years earlier, kept watch as Hovnanian Enterprises marched into new markets across the country.

• Financing Spec Homes

  A builder tells how he uses banks, home equity, subordination agreements, and private investors to get the money to build on spec.

• Legal Adviser: Protecting Your Logo

  Protecting your logo

• Laying Out an Irregular Valley Rafter

  A builder describes an accurate, efficient method for figuring the cuts on irregular hip and valley rafters.

• By Design: Solid-Looking Posts for Raised Decks

  Making tall deck posts look less spindly

• Backfill: Job-Site Holdup

  A true gut remodel

• By Design: Bungalow Additions

  Avoiding bungled bungalow additions