Habitat for Humanity wants to transform how it provides affordable housing in the area by going modular.  The non-profit is ...

Microsoft is experimenting with ways to cut the amount of steel and concrete it uses to build its datacentres ... The software giant said wood-based material is “ultra-lightweight” and ...

Whether you’re looking to convert your garage into a second living space or simply make it more comfortable for work, play, or just hanging out without freezing, a garage door insulation kit can ...

Tucked beside a northern Virginia suburb, an experiment is underway to see if one of the oldest building materials on the planet ... a fire-resistant prefabricated wood material that will enable the ...

Tuite opted for the most modern design for his new garage. What remains today is a simple, single-storey rendered building decorated with pilasters. Pyramidal capstones flank two openings for ...

TORONTO — Nineteen projects were judged winners of the Canadian Wood Council’s 40th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. The awards recognize and celebrate the outstanding work of ...

“We’ve won stuff we know we wouldn’t have won before,” says Wood. Because of non-disclosure agreements, he is cagey on what exactly falls into this category, however. Drees & Sommer told Building its ...

What’s unusual is how they’re building it — by bolting together giant beams, columns, and panels made of manufactured slabs of wood. As each wood element is delivered by flatbed, a tall ...

Funeral directors could work at home and keep bodies of dead people in their garages, an inquiry chairman warned, as he called for a regulator to police the sector. Sir Jonathan Michael, who is ...

The complexity of the buildings increased over the years, as did their height. To date, the tallest wooden structure in the world is the Sanctuary of Truth, located on the shores of the Gulf of ...