Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Homepage lifestyle Building a timber frame house versus the more typical, concrete block method Thinking of building a house? The advantages of building a timber frame house over the more standard ...

We are considering a large extension to the rear of our property and the builder is pushing us towards a timber frame structure as he says it’s easier to get an airtight seal to prevent draughts. He ...

Josh McBurney took a summer job that changed his life. While studying microbiology at Western University, he headed to British Columbia to plant trees. “I was working my way from B.C. and a ...

Aspiring builders can attend a free event to help them construct their dream wooden-framed homes. The "Self-Builders Day" ...

In the aftermath of a natural disaster such as a hurricane or earthquake, victims could get more than temporary help if the structures erected to provide immediate relief could be easily converted ...

Although you may assume cladding ideas are only those featuring unusual or alternative materials, the fact is most self builds, extensions and external makeovers involve house cladding of some kind.

Eco-practice Tate Harmer has completed this £180,000 timber extension to a family house in Shepherds Bush, west London The East London-based practice, who have prevously completed passivhaus projects, ...

A curved, timber-lined ceiling shelters this extension and renovation of a worker's cottage in Flemington, Australia, by ...

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