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If you want to enhance your home's security, you can install alarms and cameras—but don't forget to think about your landscaping.

In northern Italy, a couple spent years carefully restoring a 1971 masterwork by architect Carlo Graffi designed (appropriately) for the owner of a concrete ...

There's been a spike in interest in earthen architecture, particularly after a photo was shared on social media showing a backyard structure that emerged from the Eaton fire intact.

Rachel Heller posted a fabulous article about Icelandic turf houses. I don't know if I'd like to live in one, but I sure do want to visit!

Glasst's Unpaint can be applied using standard painting tools and is potentially ideal for renters, as the company claims it can be simply peeled off a wall after a year instead of having to repaint.

Furniture blocking your vents can cause issues, but the problem is easy to fix.

It's easier to prevent them from getting in now than to evict them later.

Completed in 2019 in Frutillar, Chile. Images by Andrés Maturana. Single-family house located in the Frutillar commune, X Region, situated between lines of trees and livestock hills facing Lake Llanquihue. The...

In the Netherlands, architecture firm Studio RAP has designed a houseboat that replaces a large amount of wood and other building materials with cork—lowering the floating home's environmental impact in the process. The Dutch houseboat is comprised of a timber structure clad solely in cork. A low-density layer acts as insulation while a denser outer […]

National Nail's CAMO® brand announces its new line of high-performance structural screws for deck substructure, internal framing, ledger and general construction. See a demo at the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, Booth C6942.

If you have an older house festooned with this 1970s staple, here's how to remove it or cover it up.

Making some simple energy-efficiency fixes this fall can go a long way.

Take a look inside a truly unique cabin on Shagawa Lake.

Indoor plumbing and power made electric washers and tumble dryers possible, and by 1937 they appeared on the market. Larger homes and quieter appliances...

This is the second part of this series, and where our advice begins. Part one contains some story of our home's beginning and thoughts about new/old homes, and is here. We have a common language to talk about what makes up any house. You could describe a house, for instance, as a 5-bedroom Georgian Colonial, with a garage on the northern side, and a patio out back. Features like these, plus façades and floor plans,…

Lumber structures cover every structure from house to warehouse. These include bridges, offices, hospitals, barns, gates, town halls, and others.

What the term really means—and how to know if a home has them.

The reality of being a contractor includes inexperienced workers, sketchy business practices and low, low margins.

Stud finders are great for when you need to hang something in your home, like mounting TVs, shelving, or mirrors.

No roads lead to the set of residences in remote Canada, modernized with steel roofs, window boxes, surprising swaths of color, and more.