Green Design Systems improves on bales, wins California clean-tech award HEALDSBURG – Harry Hagaman set out to build a straw-bale home to alleviate his health problems, but in the process he developed ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

It is hard to know where modular housing ends and prefab building begins. Probably they, as well as the manufactured homes and the building kits we discussed earlier, can all be placed on a continuum ...

Over the past few years, we've seen a number of 3D-printed homes and developments begin to take shape as the technology matures and opens up new architectural possibilities. A new community being ...

Expansion pairs Studio Home's nationally proven panelized building system with local operators to meet rising demand for ADUs, backyard studios, and tiny homes Franchising Studio Home's turnkey system ...

WASHINGTON — As the national conversation around affordable housing grows, more firms are scrambling to get in the door for support from the federal government. A construction association in September ...

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 ...

What do skilled labor shortage and the reemergence of the housing market have in common? Together, they’ve perpetuated the need for higher-quality building standards. Though multifamily housing starts ...