If doing an addition or building a new house using traditional wood-stud walls seems a little too wimpy in this bold new millennium, there’s a muscular new option from a surprising source.

Voltaire wrote Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, often translated as "The perfect is the enemy of the good;" he might well have been talking about residential construction. You run the gamut from the ...

From natural materials to open building, this wall will work for generations. Settle in, wall nerds, and see how Hans Porschitz of Bensonwood builds a modern wall for wood frame construction. It looks ...

In the construction industry, light wood-frame offsite construction has emerged as a game-changing approach, promising faster build times, higher quality, and reduced environmental impact. Member ...

While performing a preplan survey or conducting crew familiarization in your district, it’s wise to take a second look at brick buildings, particularly downtown. You might be surprised at what you ...

The ordeal of framing large paintings, prints and photos can squeeze an art budget like a tube of cadmium red under a bicycle tire. A 5-foot-by-4-foot poster can easily cost $1,000 to mount, for ...