On Common Ground Archives

Sustainable and Durable: Commercial and residential building structures that can tough it out.

On Common Ground, published by the National Association of REALTORS, has been focusing on how to build better buildings in the face of climate change weather events, from floods to fires to power outages. Here's a recent article that looks at a few options for building against the forces we face. Hope you enjoy! https://www.oncommonground-digital.org/oncommonground/spring_2022/MobilePagedReplica.action?pm=2&folio=52#pg52

By Kurt Buss|May 4th, 2022|Tags: Climate Change, Durable buildings, Severe weather events|

Technological Solutions Help Address the Housing Crunch

Here's a recent article for On Common Ground, the trade publication for the National Association of REALTORS, regarding designing more walkable neighborhoods for modern community development. I hope you enjoy it.

By Kurt Buss|November 29th, 2021|Tags: 3D printing, Building technology, Housing shortage, Modular housing, Prefabricated housing|

Fostering the 15-minute City in Small Towns, Rural Areas and Suburbia

“Put the stuff closer together so it’s easier to get to the stuff" April 30, 2021, On Common Ground By Kurt Buss This is how Minneapolis planner Paul Mogush describes the 15-minute city concept, which is getting refreshed attention, though it’s hardly a novel method of designing the places where we live. It used to be

By Kurt Buss|April 30th, 2021|Tags: 15-minute city, Modern urban design, Rural Areas, Small Towns, Suburbia|

Strategies for Economic Recovery

Here's a recent assignment dealing with federal funding for COVID trickling down to the local level to provide economic relief for small towns and rural areas in America. (Photo by Gene Gallin on Unsplash)

By Kurt Buss|December 26th, 2020|Tags: CARES Act, COVID Relief, Main Street America, Rural Communities, Small Businesses|

Smart Land Stewardship In An Ever-Changing Weatherscape

Here's a recent assignment from the trade publication for the National Association of REALTORS regarding nature-based solutions for the loss of coastline due to rising oceans. I hope you find it enlightening.

By Kurt Buss|February 19th, 2020|Tags: carbon mitigation, carbon sequestration, climate change adaptation, climate change resiliency, coastal preparation, nature based solutions|

Parking Requirements Harm the Value of Land

Here's a recent article for the National Association of REALTORS trade publication On Common Ground.

By Kurt Buss|June 20th, 2019|

Company Towns of the 21st Century

Here's an assignment from On Common Ground which looks at the evolving housing market for recruiting and retaining a skilled workforce in the tech and other industries.

By Kurt Buss|December 17th, 2018|Tags: Company Towns, Employer Assisted Housing, Silicon Valley Housing|

Into the Digital Void…

Here's an assignment from On Common Ground (the trade publication for the National Association of REALTORS), that was published this summer. As soon as this was accepted I moved out of my ghetto apartment, dematerialized of unnecessary things and moved into my renovated, vintage camper in the Colorado Rockies at a little over 9,000' on the edge of

By Kurt Buss|December 3rd, 2018|Tags: broadband, digital desert, digital void|

“Brewing Up a New Use for Old Buildings”

This was a fun project. Combining architectural preservation and craft brewing is a win-win. Prost! Click to read. And here's a sidebar that goes with the article, about Green Bay's own Titletown Brewery.

By Kurt Buss|December 20th, 2017|Tags: brewpubs, craft beer, microbreweries, neigborhood renewal, repurposing old buildings|

“Container Homes” Article for On Common Ground Magazine

This was a great assignment because it combined repurposing surplus materials to build affordable housing - a win/win in my book. You can read the article here, if you'd like.

By Kurt Buss|June 15th, 2017|Tags: affordable housing, repurposing materials|

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