The Douro Wood House is a brilliant example of green architecture, flaunting an elevated construction and a living roof.

A comprehensive overview of the control layers of a wood-framed sloped roof assembly. New code provisions will be discussed for high-performance, green and sustainable building practices. The ...

Panelized wood roofs have been in use for more than 40 years west of the Mississippi, where wood has always been plentiful, but the roofing system is new to regions east of the mighty river and in ...

Wood is one of the oldest and most versatile materials used by humankind. For centuries, it has been used to build homes, ...

Well – we may have the nobility of the material if nothing else. We may have simple timer construction, at least over-head, as a scientific art, free of affectation. The wood let alone as wood or as ...

Roof tiles made of fired clay are key elements of traditional Korean architecture. They not only protected wooden structures from the weather; they also carried aesthetic value and symbolic meaning.

A program to help homeowners replace fire-prone wood shake roofs with nonflammable roofs in the Lake Valley Fire Protection District is underway, with the first roof replaced in January in the Black ...

Located in a corner of Windsor Great Park, the Savill Gardens are a popular tourist attraction and one of Britain’s greatest ornamental gardens. The Savill Building serves as the visitor center and ...

Text description provided by the architects. The Owner requested a small potting/writing studio, an outdoor deck, and a fence to separate the driveway from the garden. The project is sited between an ...