Colin Goodson knows more about energy than most people. The tall, bearded Mainer is an engineer on an offshore oil drilling ship in the Gulf of Mexico. But when it came time for him to build a home in ...
On 29th and State in the Concordia neighborhood, A.J. Cihla has been working for well over a year to renovate two nearly identical double houses, built next to each other by the same owner, a couple ...
Habitat for Humanity is using factory-built homes to provide more affordable housing options. These manufactured homes are faster and cheaper to build than traditional site-built houses. Some ...
Choosing the new-construction route comes with challenges like cost overruns, permitting delays and supply-chain issues, but also the promise of getting a fully customized home. Credit...Kate Warren ...
Homes built before 1990 carry a kind of durability that newer construction often struggles to match, but age is catching up with their hidden systems. Behind solid brick, plaster, and hardwood, ...
The fundamental way most homes are built in America — the labor-intensive process of constructing conventional wood framing on site — hasn’t changed much for more than a century, even though more ...
Architecture for dogs matches breeds with tailored habitats that provide for canines’ physical, emotional and social needs. Download designs and build a backyard masterpiece. ByR. Daniel Foster, ...
Syracuse, N.Y. — A new state program that’s funding construction of new factory-built houses needs vacant residential lots, and the Greater Syracuse Land Bank has plenty to offer. The land bank this ...