Q: We're considering erecting a 4,000-square-foot steel frame home (from Heritage Building Systems) on our ranch in Turlock in Stanislaus County. Please discuss the merits/demerits of a steel (not ...

In the last two articles we looked at concrete and steel, two of the basic building blocks of commercial construction. This month we will discuss wood and how it is used in commercial construction. As ...

Darl Yoder knows change is hard. So he realizes that persuading local builders to switch to steel framing after they've used lumber for generations is an uphill battle. But it's an effort that his ...

More than 70 percent of new-home construction in Hawaii uses cold-steel frame studs in place of traditional wooden two-by-fours. “No other state comes even close,” says Tim Waite of the Hawaii Steel ...

Many factors come into play when choosing how to frame your next construction project, whether big or small, simple or complex. Metal or steel framing, particularly when looking at custom-engineered ...

Peris+Toral Arquitectes’s 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà is Spain’s largest wood-structure residential building. Its facade of metal-screened terraces lifts off the ground, suspended by a series of ...

A multifamily complex next to Oakland’s biggest transit station. High-end condominiums overlooking the bay from Yerba Buena Island. Housing for a high school faculty and staff in Daly City. Though ...