Programmer Joel Simon has created an experimental research project, Evolving Floor Plans, to explore speculative and optimized plan layouts using generative design. Interested in the intersection of ...

Not a fan of open-concept homes, but still not convinced that closed, individual rooms are the way to go? Good news. There’s another type of floor plan in between these two extremes. Enter broken ...

We all know the open-concept layout—those airy spaces with minimal walls that blur the lines between rooms. And then there’s its more divisive counterpart: the closed-concept floor plan, where walls ...

When you picture peak American luxury, do you envision large, sprawling living spaces? For years the open-concept floor plan popularized by HGTV — which combines kitchen, dining and living spaces into ...

Excel in Office 365 is a very versatile app. The built-in features of Excel make it able to be the building block for so many projects. While we cannot predict or avoid all disasters, our response to ...

A flexible layout is a floor plan that provides several options in how space is used. Sometimes referred to as a convertible layout, flexible layouts are most common in apartments. Tenants or owners ...

Experts explain what a broken floor plan is, how to achieve it, and its pros and cons. Not a fan of open-concept homes, but ...