A RECENT story by Denise Salvaggio about steel-frame homes left out how environmentally expensive it is to use steel as a building material instead of wood. This is ironic in a story that focuses on a ...

`Superhouse,” the home of steel, is a concept that has yet to show its strength in the Chicago area. But one of the few local projects using steel is a demonstration house now being built by the ...

DANBURY -- Steven Timur Lang can fashion wrought iron into roses, and hammer dense rectangles of layered stainless steel into beautiful Damacus knives, the kind his Hungarian ancestors could have ...

Americans are beginning to re-evaluate their oil-dependent lifestyle as loved ones and family members in the Middle East fight in part to secure the future of the country’s oil supply. That is one ...

Hurricanes and termites make homeowners cringe. But they’ve become selling points for businessmen promoting steel home components. Andrew Marshall, co-owner of an Arabi company that manufactures steel ...

Once upon a time, the Three Little Pigs built their houses of straw, sticks and bricks. But if they were planning a new home today, they would have another option guaranteed to withstand the most ...

More than 70 percent of new-home construction in Hawaii uses cold-steel frame studs in place of traditional wooden two-by-fours. “No other state comes even close,” says Tim Waite of the Hawaii Steel ...

When Lynn Beattie decided to build a house, she began to research all the various decisions that would have to be made during the process. One seminar she attended mentioned the growing problem of ...

There’s a little more going on with 6226 Acacia Avenue in Upper Rockridge than a potential buyer might see at first glance. Granted, this brand new, five-bed, four-and-a-half-bath $2.99 million home ...

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2025 / In the aftermath of January's wildfires that swept through 40,000 acres causing $250 billion in local economic damage, destroying more than 16,000 ...

Darl Yoder knows change is hard. So he realizes that persuading local builders to switch to steel framing after they've used lumber for generations is an uphill battle. But it's an effort that his ...

At Stone and Steel House, DGN Studio anchored a home extension in carbon-saving stone bricks, while a steel-and-glass ...