Miami-based Brillhart Architecture specializes in designing contemporary houses with a tropical twist. ABOVE: Situated ...

Want to learn about house framing, but find the terminology confusing? Read this handy guide to common house framing terms.

Who could possibly compare to Superman, the Man of Steel? Definitely not a man of plastic! Right? Wrong. Researchers at the University of Sharjah, UAE, have discovered that plastics, in certain shapes ...

With the outdoor deck-building season coming up, it’s time to face facts. Today’s pressure-treated (PT) wood is the most economical and most widely used lumber for outdoor projects of all kinds, and ...

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The Vescom Floor System incorporates custom-fabricated steel joists. Credit: CSC/PR Newswire. Canam Steel Corporation (CSC), a US-based manufacturer of custom-engineered steel building product ...

Imagine fully demountable, prefabricated concrete floors that reduce emissions by two-thirds and are beautiful to boot. This is what Swiss company Vaulted claims to deliver with its Rippmann Floor ...