A panel hosted on Jan. 27 in Beverly Hills batted around demand in the luxury segment for alternative building materials.

This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Snell, who wrote the eco-friendly The Good House Book, and Callahan, a more conventional ...

Disasters in California, Hawaii and the Southeast are spurring growth in both industries as owners of ravaged properties grow increasingly open to alternative rebuilding methods that could save time ...

In Los Angeles, innovative construction methods like 3D-printed houses and shipping-container accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are gaining traction, particularly in fire-prone areas. The traditional ...

House in Hakusan - KENTA HIRAYAMA ARCHITECT & ASSOCIATES. Image © Tomooki Kengaku Solid construction focuses on volumetric building by starting with a standardized ...

Proponents contend that this method lowers overall construction costs by reducing material and labor, is more energy efficient, leads to less material waste, and is completed within a fraction of the ...