While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

This detailed look at wooden structure construction showcases each phase of the process—from framing and measuring to cutting, assembling, and securing joints. Whether it's a shed, small cabin, or ...

The American Wood Council's 2015 “Wood-Frame Construction Manual for One- and Two-Family Dwellings” (WFCM ) has been approved as an American National Standard by the American National Standards ...

In a region where wood-frame construction has long defined residential development, Dmitry Pingasov is quietly introducing a different structural language to northeast Pennsylvania. His material of ...

The wood-frame structure, built circa 1893 and within the Greenpoint Historic District, will be covered with new gray fiber cement clapboard siding. A new cornice and portico similar to the missing ...

Four years ago, the Pritzker Prize–winner Tadao Ando spectacularly converted a 1920s apartment building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago into exhibition spaces for a gallery named—in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — First Coast News is on your side answering a question many of you are asking about the materials the RISE Doro was built with. Firefighters are still monitoring the downtown ...

Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...