The Washington Post reports that immigrants in the Washington, D.C.-metro area—particularly Indians, Asians, and Hispanics—are showing a major preference for homes that incorporate important aspects of their cultures. Builders are increasingly being asked to modify their home plans or build custom homes to accommodate features common to houses in immigrants’ native lands and important to maintaining their sense of connection to their homelands.
We’d love to hear about your experiences working with immigrant clients and the ways in which you designed and built their homes to reflect their native cultures. Email the web editor at smiller@hanleywood.com.
Read the front-page Washington Post article here: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121802331.html?hpid=topnews.
