From afar, the timber-clad building appears to levitate above the ground as if by magic. The house is supported by a single steel pole. Photo: Stockdale & Leggo Inverloch The house is on the ...

But that’s not unusual: in Australia, the Housing Industry Association says about 80 per cent of detached homes here use timber frames, too. Timber is particularly popular in earthquake-plagued ...

Bhatt, 45, explains how this project, titled The Timber Residence ... “Elevated on stilts and concrete retaining walls, the house sits lightly on the site, preserving its natural slope and ...

Stockholm Wood City is swapping polluting steel and concrete for a more climate-friendly construction material: timber.

More than 10,000 houses burned in Los Angeles. But fire-resistant design helped keep some standing even on blocks where the rest were lost. On Thursday, January 9, as fires spread across the Los ...

The studio added an extension clad in timber "We saw that if we could place the living room in an extension at the opposite end of the house, it would have fantastic south-facing views onto ...

On Feb. 7 at 5 p.m., the Jaffrey Civic Center will present the fifth program in this season’s “Stories to Share” series. The ...

For some design geeks, however, the heart and soul of L.A.’s architecture resides not just in its museums and office towers but also in its exalted, often otherworldly houses. Those homes ...

The billionaire pop star — who grew up in Montgomery County, Penn., — is the owner of several impressive homes across the country: from her New York City compound to her Rhode Island mansion.

More than a decade of underbuilding has left the country with a deficit of nearly 1.5 million new homes. At the same time, current homeowners holding on to their lower mortgage rates are freezing ...