Building Trends

‘You Have to be Fearless’: Women Build Each Other up at Development Services Event

By April Towery / March 12, 2024 /

Gatherings of builders and construction professionals don’t often involve cheers, laughter, and bouquets of flowers, but Dallas Development Services mixed things up by honoring female building professionals in the first-ever “Women Who Build” Luncheon. The event was held Friday on International Women’s Day at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.  Keynote speaker Sharon Douglas,…

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Laundry Evangelist Patric Richardson Says The Perfect Laundry Room Needs This

By Joy Donovan / March 4, 2024 /

Patric Richardson was destined with a clear — and might we say clean — path to become The Laundry Guy. The first clue might have been that his favorite childhood gift was a toy washing machine Santa delivered to him at the age of 3. The second was majoring in fashion merchandising and textiles at…

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With or Without Groundhog’s Shadow, Spring is Coming to The Fort Worth Home & Garden Show

By Joy Donovan / February 13, 2024 /

Regardless of whether the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil did or did not see its shadow earlier this month, it seems spring is on its way, and right along with that are spring flowers, spring cleaning, and spring projects. Ideas for all the above will be available at the third annual Fort Worth Home & Garden Show…

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Dallas Building Permit Fee Hikes Postponed Again to March 27 

By April Towery / January 25, 2024 /

The cost of building a home in Dallas will likely increase this year as the city reviews the Dallas building permit fee schedule for the first time since 2015 — but it won’t happen until March 27 at the earliest.  The Dallas Development Services Department collects about $28 million in revenue each year, but has…

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KB Home Strikes Up Their New Metaverse

By Shelby Skrhak / January 22, 2023 /

L.A.-based homebuilder KB Home unveiled the first virtual new-home community in the metaverse “to connect with the next generation of homebuyers and inspire them in innovative ways.” From the release: “KB Home’s first-of-its-kind metaverse new-home community debuts in the popular Decentraland platform and showcases a three-dimensional welcome pavilion, coupled with three architecturally distinct model homes…

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