News/Blog

TAB Announces 2019 Star Awards Finalists

| Awards/Recognition, News

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Association of Builders (TAB) is pleased to announce the 2019 Star Awards finalists. There were 574 entries for 188 elite categories for the three out-of-state judges to review and select the best of the best.

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Bigger fish in an even bigger pond

| Awards/Recognition, News

Kipp Flores moves up another spot in the Austin Business Journal’s 2018 ranking of Top Architecture Firms.  This is particularly notable as this year’s list includes a growing pool of entrants. 

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What is a Parade Bump?

| Awards/Recognition, News

Participating in a Parade of Homes drives more traffic to your homes, and, with the right product, this increased traffic leads to increased closings.  The 2019 Rio Grande Valley Parade of Homes has proven this formula successful for our builders. 

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Austin Modern Home Tour 2019

| News

Kipp Flores is proud to partner with Thurman Homes for another showcase home in the 2019 Austin Modern Home Tour: February 23, 2019. Check out our design and the tour details at http://mads.media/2019-austin-modern-home-tour/. There’s definitely a thematic style this year.

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TAYLOR MORRISON ADDS A NEW AUSTIN-AREA COMMUNITY

| Industry News, News

New homes in master plan will start in the $350,000s. Taylor Morrison is extending its offerings in Austin with its new community at Easton Park, Texas. The public grand opening event will take place, Sat., Dec. 1, from noon – 3 p.m. Those who attend will get a first-look at Taylor Morrison’s professionally decorated model home, The […]

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Haven Honored with National Design Award

| News

The Haven has won an award for the Infill Community category in the 2018 Best in American Living™ Awards (BALA) by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Award levels, including platinum, gold, silver and Home of the Year, will be announced during the NAHB International Builders’ Show at the BALA Awards Gala on February 20, 2019.

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City of Austin offers online permits

| Announcements, News

The City of Austin now offers ePLAN Review permit filing system for residential projects. This online submittal is designed to streamline and organize the plan review, payment, and approval processes.

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BUILDER 100: The 2017 List

| News

Each May, the trade journal BUILDER magazine ranks the top builders in the nation. This list, the BUILDER 100, is a prestigious lineup of the big national players and those inching to displace them. Our core clientele is represented in this list with over a dozen of our clients making the cut. Kipp Flores is proud to congratulate our clients’ successes – a third rank in the top ten in the country!

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City of Austin offers online permits

| News

The City of Austin now offers ePLAN Review permit filing system for residential projects.  This online submittal is designed to streamline and organize the plan review, payment, and approval processes.  This would minimize or eliminate trips to the Development Services Department.  The city’s aim is to stop accepting paper permits as soon as April. There […]

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How Austin’s Energy Code affects your plans

| News

The City of Austin rolled out their local amendments which are in addition to the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code. We’ve excerpted a few of the most common solutions to increase your R-value on what the City of Austin is requiring.

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2015 Parade of Homes – San Antonio Builders Association

| Announcements, News

Cary Kipp of Kipp Flores Architects designed two projects in this year’s Parade of Homes for Sitterle Homes. Both emphasize openness and the outdoors. Cary chose to orient the core of the homes towards both the side and rear of the lot – maximizing natural light and yard access on these zero-lot line designs.

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