The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has released the first-ever set of U.S. recommendations for hybrid steel frames with mass timber floors, according to a news release. Design Guide ...

Building structures out of wood doesn’t seem like a particularly innovative idea—people have been building wood houses for centuries. But when it comes to new efforts to be sustainable, all-timber ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

Remember those old-fashion Lincoln Logs children once played with back before they became glued to their tablets? Today, creative design using wooden materials is no longer just for kids. Across the ...

Worldwide, buildings produce about 40 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. While net-zero energy buildings and retrofits can improve those numbers, the construction industry—and, specifically, the ...

Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...

A 10-story mass timber “rocking” frame, designed to be resilient enough to withstand powerful earthquakes with little or no structural damage, proved its worth May 9 during seismic simulations at the ...

When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

MUSKOKA, ON and GOLDEN, BC, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - ThirdGen Timber Group, parent company of True North Log & Timber Homes and Legacy North Construction Management, has announced that it has ...