While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

More than 90% of American homes are built with wood frames. Unlike concrete and steel, wood frames are especially susceptible to temperature extremes, pest infestations, moisture and humidity. These ...

Wood’s strength depends on the direction of the grain. The technical term for this variance is “orthotropic,” which means having different strengths in three planes perpendicular to each other. An ...

Wood construction of big buildings is catching on just about everywhere for good reasons: wood is renewable. In construction it is light, fast and less expensive than other materials. It's also just ...

Read full article: Survivors reflect on Holocaust, urge remembrance on International Holocaust Remembrance Day An attorney for a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer charged with battery after ...

The United States Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale pays tribute to wood framing — simple, cheap and revolutionary in its own way. By Ted Loos Since the Venice Architecture Biennale had its ...

After massive fires in Waltham, Mass. and Boston destroyed large residential lightweight wood-frame building complexes this summer, officials from both municipalities are questioning the safety of ...