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Smart Homes

Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Smart Homes, from most recent to least.

Alexa May Soon Be Prefabricated into Your House

Alexa May Soon Be Prefabricated into Your House

Nena Perry-Brown | September 26th 2018

Amazon recently invested in a prefab home company.... read»

Amazon Wants to Open Doors in the DC Area

Amazon Wants to Open Doors in the DC Area

Nena Perry-Brown | October 25th 2017

Two weeks ago, news broke that Amazon was developing a smart doorbell to admit deliveries from the site when no one is home. Now, the in-home delivery... read»

Best New Listings: Along the C&O, Smart on Macarthur and a Craftsman in Chevy Chase

Best New Listings: Along the C&O, Smart on Macarthur and a Craftsman in Chevy Chase

Nena Perry-Brown | March 3rd 2017

This week's Best New Listings include a renovated Sears craftsman and two styles of living on either side of MacArthur Boulevard.... read»

Best New Listings: A Smart Semi-Detached and a Helicopter Condo

Best New Listings: A Smart Semi-Detached and a Helicopter Condo

Nena Perry-Brown | February 17th 2017

This week's Best New Listings include a smart-house in Lincoln Park and a duplex unit at the Helicopter Factory.... read»

The Motorized Modular Furniture Meant For Micro-Units

The Motorized Modular Furniture Meant For Micro-Units

Nena Perry-Brown | July 15th 2016

An MIT Media Lab alum has teamed up with furniture designer Yves Béhar to deliver mechanized furniture modules to micro-units everywhere in early... read»

A Start-Up To Make Smart Home Technology Accessible to Everyone

A Start-Up To Make Smart Home Technology Accessible to Everyone

Lark Turner | June 23rd 2014

New York's Quirky and its new app, Wink, plan to create cheaper, more accessible smart-home devices and software.... read»

Apple Plans To Unveil Smart Home Platform

Apple Plans To Unveil Smart Home Platform

UrbanTurf Staff | May 27th 2014

Within the next year, you may be able to control the lights, the security system and the appliances in your home, all through your iPhone. ... read»

DC Real Estate Guides

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Unique Spaces

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Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse