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 ...

For nearly a century, up until about a decade ago, upward mobility in New York City flowed across the Brooklyn Bridge and into Manhattan. Doubtless it is still that way for some. But for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compared to Lego in terms of its build structure, our self build expert weighs up the pros and cons of insulated concrete ...

There may be some merit in the Traditional Housing Bureau's warnings about adopting untried lightweight constructional systems (AJ 20.11.03), but the argument that such construction is a threat to ...

This appealing stone cottage is one of the oldest homes in the historic village of Badsworth, and is reputedly mentioned in ...

I might be completely bonkers, but I am looking to replace my current ageing Ikea Jerker (it has served me well but is starting to show its age, it has moved a few times and I just want a bit more ...