You recently wrote about steel-framed houses, but aren't timber-framed houses also strong and efficient? What is the best method to build a contemporary timber-framed home for efficiency and high ...

The inspiration for this contemporary timber-framed house in the Beaux Arts Village, Washington, comes from the seven Douglas fir trees which stand on its grounds. Every room and element in the house ...

Question: I want to build an energy-efficient house, but I want it to still have character and charm. Are timber-framed houses, with the large exposed wood beams, energy efficient and suitable for the ...

Nestled on 139 acres in Wolfcreek, Monroe County, WV, the Rise and Shine Farm exudes status appeal as a contemporary timber frame log-sided farmhouse, making it the ideal home for the ambitious, ...

While the word bungalow is commonly associated with homes that only have one floor, single storey timber frame home ideas push the boundaries of what is possible when you opt to have just one floor of ...

When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

Realized in the form of a brightly-painted model in the exhibition space at Serra dei Giardini, the Timber Hearth system gathers all the service functions, appliances ...

The charming oyster shack is divided into two parts: an oyster hangar and the living spaces comprising the kitchen, dining room, living room, and bedroom. A kink in the roof and building help ...

Built for a family of five, the gabled cabin is perched on the rugged island of Viggsö off the eastern coast of Sweden. Wooden stilts elevate the structureinto the tree canopy, helping to obscure the ...