More and more buildings in the UK are being constructed using timber frames, according to figures from the UK Timber Frame Association. The UKTFA estimates timber frame house building grew by 3.3% in ...

As a child growing up in Big Sky country, Scott Butcher found a comforting appeal in rustic homes and barns. “I worked in my grandfather’s timber frame barn back in Montana, and loved the feel, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Getty Images.) A federal jury convicted a Stevensville timber frame home builder on Sept. 20 of wire fraud ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

You know what they are when you see them, but if you had to explain what timber frame homes are, you’d probably grope for a term. That’s because it’s easier to explain how they feel. They “feel” wide ...

MARKDALE, Ont. – One of Canada’s top timber frame home companies is facing bankruptcy after being battered by the impact of a strong Canadian dollar and fierce competition from builders who use ...

Inspired by temples and churches they visited while in Japan in 1996, Hélène Séguin and Vincent Lavoie fell in love with that type of construction and decided to design a timber-frame home that would ...

Alfredo Rico was a statistician at the United Nations' Manhattan headquarters in 1979 when he realized number-crunching and politics were not for him. He left the UN's modern complex at First Avenue ...

The timber-frame construction method popular in new social housing places homes at greater risk from fire than other building techniques, government figures have suggested. Data published for the ...

For the past 10 to 15 years arguments have swept through the construction industry about the merits of conventional brick and block houses against timber frame. I'd like to add to the debate and ...