Why You Should Befriend a Structural Engineer and Architect: The New American Dream Home Is One You Never Have to Leave — The New York Times
If you’re buying a single-family house in San Francisco, this is why you should befriend a structural engineer and architect.
The new emphasis on home flexibility means some once-standard rooms are disappearing. Most of the model homes I toured that day in Elk Grove did not have formal living rooms or dining rooms, floor-plan staples in new homes for at least a hundred years. That’s not unusual. Lennar and other homebuilders say their most popular models today have “great rooms” that combine both, often with smaller total square footage.
According to Lennar and the New York Times, what an ideal floor plan looks like today.
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