Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (Credit: Twitter) A blaze has broken out at Paris’ famed Notre-Dame cathedral — potentially linked to the building’s renovations. An operation is underway to tackle the fire, which has spread rapidly through the building, the BBC reported. Though the cause is still unclear, officials said it could be tied to renovation […]
Amid Inglewood development boom, Pulte Homes buys into Harridge’s planned subdivision
Pulte Group CEO Ryan Marshall with map of its share of planned Inglewood subdivision (Credit: Twitter) Pulte Homes has bought into a major residential development site in downtown Inglewood amid the city’s construction boom. Los Angeles-based Harridge Development Group sold a portion of the property to the Atlanta-based homebuilder for $42 million. Pulte acquired a large […]
3-D-printed homes are coming to the US
Icon’s Chicon House in Austin, Texas (Credit: Icon Build) 3-D printing is going mainstream. Construction-tech startup Icon says that its new 3-D printer, the Vulcan II, will be able to print a 2,000-square-foot family home in a matter of days, and reduce costs by about 30 percent. “People will look back on this as something […]