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Examine the architecture of various properties with Bob Vila, including video tours of Central Park, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the birthplace of Calvin Coolidge, the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami, and more.

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Do It Yourself Modular Home Construction System
Do It Yourself Modular Home Construction System
Bob tours a home built with a low cost, do-it-yourself construction system. The home is designed to be affordable, flexible ...
Downsizing Your Home: Rethinking Your Space and How You Use It
Downsizing Your Home: Rethinking Your Space and How You Use It
Whether you've chosen to live in a small home or a small space is your only option, a compact lifestyle offers many benefits.
Elm Court's Unfinished Restoration
Elm Court's Unfinished Restoration
Bob Berle takes Bob Vila on a behind-the-scenes tour of Elm Court. Starting with the suite above the dining room and pointing ...
Expanding a One-Story House: Build a Second Story or a First-Floor Addition?
Expanding a One-Story House: Build a Second Story or a First-Floor Addition?
You’re expanding your home, but should you build up or out? Enlarge the footprint of your single-story residence or add a ...
Finished Exterior of a Container-Built Home
Finished Exterior of a Container-Built Home
The front of the home is complete and looks like the exterior of any home in the American suburbs. Bob talks with Ray Price, ...
Floorplans and Layout of the Container House
Floorplans and Layout of the Container House
Back on site, Bob joins Ray Price for a look at the ISBU's on their foundations. The total footprint of the house is 58 feet ...
Front Porch Work
Front Porch Work
Bob reviews the progress to the front of the house and discusses the orgininal brick and structure work.
Germany Tour
Germany Tour
Behind the Scenes - Accessible Home
Getting Inspiration for the Cracker Cottage
Getting Inspiration for the Cracker Cottage
Bob takes us on a tour of his cottage, as well as a tour of a nearby recently renovated cracker cottage for inspiration.
Governor's Mansion Tour
Governor's Mansion Tour
Bob joins Roxane Gilmore, Virginia's first lady, to tour the governor's mansion, and meets preservationist Fred Ecker who is ...
Guillard-Bennet House Tour
Guillard-Bennet House Tour
Bob takes a peek into the elegantly appointed Guillard-Bennet House, one of the jewels in Charleston's crown.
Henry David Thoreau Tour
Henry David Thoreau Tour
Bob visits Walden Pond and the site of the cabin built by Henry David Thoreau who is considered the father of conservation. ...
Historic Windmill Tour
Historic Windmill Tour
Bob tours the "Old East Mill" at the Heritage Plantation in Sandwich, MA. Moved from it's original location in Orleans, MA, ...
History of Brooklyn, New York
History of Brooklyn, New York
To open the 14th season of Bob Vila's Home Again, Bob greets his viewers from the Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront. Standing ...
History of Miami Beach
History of Miami Beach
Bob Vila gives the viewer a brief history of Miami Beach from its humble beginnings in plantation farming in the 1880s to its ...
Home Construction Project Plans
Home Construction Project Plans
Bob inspects progress on the Roxbury house in Boston with builders Arnold Johnson and George Chin of Crosswinds Enterprises.
Home Three: Roof Deck and Hot Tub Installation Project
Home Three: Roof Deck and Hot Tub Installation Project
House three of the Elmwood project. Bob tours the next project the Castle of Elmwood. The goal is to reinforce an old sundeck ...
House Five: Queen Anne Victorian Porch Restoration
House Five: Queen Anne Victorian Porch Restoration
House five of the Elmwood project. Owner Judy Lee needs the front porch replaced on this house built in 1892.
House Six: Portico Restoration plus Hardscaping and Landscaping
House Six: Portico Restoration plus Hardscaping and Landscaping
House six of the Elmwood project. A new front portico is needed on this home built in 1892. Bob meets the owners of the home ...
House Types
House Types
American house forms have changed over time as availability of materials has improved and styles have changed. However, ...
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