Invisible Thresholds: Indoor Design Meets Outdoor Living

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Las Vegas Convention Center, South 231

Format: Building Knowledge Session
Level of Content: Novice
Track: Design, Development & Community Planning
Continuing Education: NAHB - 1.00 CE hour(s), NKBA - 0.1 CEU(s), AIA - 1.00 LU hour(s)
Appropriate for: Designers, Architects, Engineers & Planners, Single Family - All, Single Family - Custom

Moderator(s): 
Paul Ackah-Sanzah, MBA, Phantom Screens, Sumas, WA

Speaker(s): 
Steve James, AIA, AIA, DTJ DESIGN, Inc., Boulder, CO
Wayne Visbeen, Visbeen Architects, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI

What It’s About:
Households across the country are investing in more outdoor amenities, which means the demand for outdoor living spaces continues to grow. This session will highlight the benefits of incorporating outdoor living spaces into the planning phase of home design and demonstrate how blended indoor-outdoor living spaces can deliver added value for both builders and homeowners. You'll discover the hottest outdoor living trends and see real-life examples of outdoor living designs that you can use in your local market.

What You'll Learn:
Discover design ideas that deliver added value and comfort to the outdoor living space and catch the buyers' eyes to help you stand out from the competition.
Recognize the specific needs of homeowners in different geographic and climatic zones (north vs. south) in order to deliver customized solutions.
Evaluate specific examples of completed projects that demonstrate different options of creating outdoor living spaces for both new and existing homes.
Analyze the needs of specific clients to deliver customer solutions.

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