What is the best way of building a house? Joe Pattinson, from Newbury New Homes, is a fan of using a timber frame. People ask whether traditional build or timber frame is the best. We are all familiar ...

Some developers are seeking alternative construction methods because of a shortage in brick supplies across the UK, according to a house builder. A unit of Scottish house builder Stewart Milne said ...

Heading up Frank and Brenda Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about their bungalow-styled house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

AJ Working Details is back. This time it covers 20 projects selected from the past 10 years of AJ Specification, and split ...

The Irish Timber Frame Manufacturer’s Association nicely round it up — in timber frame “the inner load bearing/support wall is replaced by an engineered rigid timber frame structure”. This is not ...

Catching up on some reading over the Christmas break, I was dismayed to read one of your front-page stories (Inside Housing, 4 December). In 1982, a World in Action television exposé killed the UK ...

Paul Abbott spent the first 16 years of his working life in the construction industry as a salaried employee. But his real flair may be in building businesses. He is managing director of Chandos ...

If you’re planning a self build, one of the biggest decisions you’ll make is what structural system to use. For most people, the options that spring to mind are either traditional brick and block or a ...

Photo by Quintin Lake. Image Courtesy of Nick Leith-Smith Architecture+Design Learn more about the project and view select images after the break. Photo by Quintin Lake. Image Courtesy of Nick ...

Looking to 2026, there is some tempered optimism - especially around the Gelnigan data - which suggests modest output growth ...