With death and chaos reigning, Americans turn toward home improvement
As many Americans have taken to working, learning, and sheltering at home in the months since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, existing residential spaces have had to play double and triple duty, functionally speaking. Amid these shifts in use, Americans have begun to undertake home improvement projects en mass, updating and reconfiguring existing spaces, adding onto their homes, and even moving to entirely new locales to better adapt to the fundamental changes in daily life prompted by nearly six months of quarantine. Nearly a half-year into the pandemic, as much of the world cautiously returns to some form of normal daily life, Americans, with no end in sight to the pandemic and the number of known deaths now exceeding 170,000 lives, have taken to renovating their homes. Previously on Archinect: Divergence between housing and commercial markets continues as pandemic impact on construction and design deepens.This week, retail giant Home Depot announced record breaking profits f...
As many Americans have taken to working, learning, and sheltering at home in the months since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, existing residential spaces have had to play double and triple duty, functionally speaking.
Amid these shifts in use, Americans have begun to undertake home improvement projects en mass, updating and reconfiguring existing spaces, adding onto their homes, and even moving to entirely new locales to better adapt to the fundamental changes in daily life prompted by nearly six months of quarantine. Nearly a half-year into the pandemic, as much of the world cautiously returns to some form of normal daily life, Americans, with no end in sight to the pandemic and the number of known deaths now exceeding 170,000 lives, have taken to renovating their homes.
This week, retail giant Home Depot announced record breaking profits f...