Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction is ...

Using wood elements allows faster building turnaround. This leads to more profitable construction projects and shorter investment payback times. The pace of construction is kept at the desired level, ...

Prefabricated buildings are a common feature in South Africa. These buildings are constructed for different purposes in both rural and urban settings across the country. The components of ...

Archi-Union Architects combined traditional Chinese construction techniques with prefabrication technology to create ‘In Bamboo,’ a pavilion located in Sichuan’s Daoming Town. Created as a ...

Wood is a sustainable, high-value building material that can contribute to a project’s sales proposition while appealing to a new generation of eco-minded employees, residents and occupants. While ...

Modular homes are becoming popular among various sectors of American society, among them, those seeking a way of life in greater contact with nature, sustainable and different in every way. That’s ...

Off Stone Chapel Road on the outskirts of Westminster, the familiar sounds of home construction sawing and hammering envelop Dwight N. Hikel. But the 56-year-old one-time Army brat wasn’t out in one ...

A report published by Standard Life Bank says 41% thirtysomethings would consider buying a prefab house. The UK market for prefab housing is worth 1.6bn and growing at 30% per year. Prefab penthouses ...

Simon Conder Associates has designed a two-storey 255m² house which sits on top of a three-storey Victorian warehouse in London This house forms a new home for the owners of a design firm, which has ...