A modular, precast system of concrete 'rings' can be connected in different ways to build a range of models of energy-efficient homes. Pablo Moyano Fernández, CC BY-SA Wood is, by far, the most common ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Bill and Jim Bord spent the past 14 years developing a way to create low-maintenance log homes. And now they're finally done. Since 2000, brothers Bill and Jim had been working on ...

Concrete Log Systems is a new business that's creating some excitement in the local building community. The company has developed patented technology to build a home from concrete logs. Not only that, ...

In the snowy woods of a valley west of this college town, John and Mary Beth Cook have taken up a version of mountain living amended for the modern world. Last year, they completed and moved into a ...

ClearCreek Siding has achieved a Class 1/A fire rating on its concrete log siding product. Every year brings more concerns about increasing wildfire damage and the destruction it can bring to ...

Weston, Conn., just got its first log home, and the neighbors are furious. Convinced that the cabin, made from a kit of precut parts, would reduce the value of their property, they petitioned the ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But wood construction isn't engineered ...