Stewart Milne Group is to use its timber frame technology to build a demonstration house that meets level 5 under the new Code for Sustainable Homes. The house will be built at the BRE Innovation Park ...

Barnet council finds 580 houses with similar panels that can spread fire and warns they are ‘tip of the iceberg’ A London council has warned of a potential new national fire safety crisis after it ...

Product specification guide: advances in treatment and preservation are increasing timber’s sustainability Increasingly timber is being specified as a rainscreen cladding system for external walls. It ...

The curvilinear form of the building is constructed from a framework of prefabricated glulam beams. The beams are supported on a lightweight steel structure below the first-floor slab, which itself is ...

Timber cladding brings a natural warmth, texture, and enduring elegance to the outside of a home. It helps create an appealing, natural, organic connection with its surroundings, while also providing ...

Despite Ikea's involvement in the development of modern flatpack housing, you won't need an Allen key for assembly; you won't even have to put it together yourself. After the Swedish company ...

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 ...

A fire that ravaged a timber-frame building in Edinburgh last month was the latest in a series of similar incidents that have blighted the industry over the past few years. Thomas Lane examines what ...