Heading up Frank and Brenda Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about their bungalow-styled house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

TAKES A VILLAGE: Barron Brown directs a crew at a barn raising near Marshall. Photo by Storms Reback It’s not every day you get invited to a barn raising, so when I did, I jumped at the opportunity.

We confess. We are guilty. Think of the gorgeous log and timber frame homes that are featured in newspapers, magazines and all those home and garden TV shows. The log homes are usually huge, accented ...

BILLINGS - It sounds mystical, but it's true. Nels Houghton's dream was the catalyst that brought Daniel Schwartz, an Amish craftsman who specializes in timber-frame buildings, from El Dorado Springs, ...

PITTSFIELD — In May 1965, John Sobon, piloting a 60-foot crane, ripped into a North Adams apartment building, bringing a century-old timber frame structure to the ground. In a period marked by postwar ...

Timber home structures that can be erected in as few as five days could help turbocharge Britain’s house building, senior Labour politicians have heard. Increasing the use of structural timber could ...

Hexaom SA and the Trecobat Group have successfully acquired the assets of the A.S.T. Group’s timber frame houses and garden studios branches, forming a new company, Hexabat Invest. This strategic move ...

Fly over Quedlinburg, a UNESCO-listed medieval gem in the Harz foothills, where hundreds of timber‑frame houses, cobbled streets, and the imposing Schlossberg castle tower come alive through graceful ...