For good reasons, sustainability is becoming more important and prevalent in the building trades. Planning a home build or remodeling project often brings up terms like sustainable, eco-friendly or ...

Jeremy Gibberd receives funding from CSIR and the University of Wits currently. In the past he has received funding from UNEP, ILO and other organisations he has consulted for. People spend up to 90% ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

If the price for a large custom-built luxury home gives you sticker shock, you're not alone. Many homebuyers are frustrated with the high price tags. Does this mean they must give up on building a ...

The American Building Materials Alliance (ABMA) has announced the national rollout of its federal housing proposal, Building ...

In this video, we set out to build a brand-new house deep in the forest, relying entirely on natural materials and traditional craftsmanship. Every beam, wall, and joint was created using hand tools ...

A financier-turned-architect wanted to minimize the carbon footprint of his beach house in Brazil without compromising on ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Contractors at the Salvaged Materials Market ignored the stack of misshapen supplies, but Carmelo saw the makings of his masterpiece in that pile. The sculptor spent an hour scrounging to gather all ...