Off-site construction techniques are gaining popularity due to the cost- and time- savings benefits they provide as well as ...

Disasters in California, Hawaii and the Southeast are spurring growth in both industries as owners of ravaged properties grow increasingly open to alternative rebuilding methods that could save time ...

After Jerry Camarillo’s childhood home in Altadena, Calif., burned down, he was determined to rebuild the one-story, midcentury ranch house exactly as it was before the Los Angeles wildfires. That all ...

This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Snell, who wrote the eco-friendly The Good House Book, and Callahan, a more conventional ...

In 1966, Jerry Camarillo’s parents moved from an apartment near St. Andrew’s Catholic Church off of Raymond Avenue to a home in Altadena. Over the years, there were remodels, giving it an open feeling ...

On June 7, 2023, Tampa Bay news reporters trekked to the Sunshine Skyway bridge for a Florida Dept. of Transportation press conference that would explain the mystery behind the hundreds of curiously ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

Philadelphia is one of many cities in the U.S. that doesn’t have enough housing for its residents, with approximately 70,000 more affordable units needed. The problem is compounded by the construction ...