I like the openness of a high ceiling. Is it possible to remove some roof trusses to convert part of the ceiling to a high, sloped one or ...

Studio Ben Allen has completed its renovation of A Place in the Country, a farmhouse in Kent, introducing a playful colour ...

In Episode 11 of the Building My Dream Workshop series, I tour a truss manufacturing plant to see how roof trusses are built, then begin installing them on the workshop structure. This episode ...

Low-to-the-ground styles to hold in high esteem, no matter the price point. By Tom Delavan A leading Surrealist, Meret Oppenheim brought her singular vision of domesticity to life in this 18th-century ...

Protein design (or protein engineering) is a technique by which proteins with enhanced or novel functional properties are created. Proteins can be engineered by rational design, which typically uses ...

In this paper, a methodology is proposed to evaluate the optimal design of truss structures considering progressive collapse. This methodology combines Total-Lagrangian formulation for material and ...

Anthony Burke presents Grand Designs Australia, meeting nine ambitious families across Australia as they tackle the challenge of a lifetime - building their dream homes. With a special guest ...

For our final design of an optimized acrylic truss structure, we opted to maximize the maximum load to cost ratio. Our target was a max theoretical load of 50 oz and a load-cost ratio of 0.20. This is ...

Have you ever wondered why some designs click with people but others fall flat? It isn’t magic, but it might as well be. Enter design elements – the basic units of building that transform a blank ...

Creating a website can take time and effort if you're new to web design. The many steps may seem complicated and leave you unsure where to start. But they don't have to be so challenging: anyone can ...