Choosing the new-construction route comes with challenges like cost overruns, permitting delays and supply-chain issues, but also the promise of getting a fully customized home. Credit...Kate Warren ...

In his last semester at college, in between studying labor law and environmental impact assessment, Alex Elderbroom took a class on something very different: how to build a tiny house. In the class, ...

On Monday, we revealed our 2025 Best Builders list. Today, a few of those experts weigh in on building a resilient home in Texas. When it comes to a home surviving any disaster, an ounce of prevention ...

A good dog house does more than provide shade—it protects from wind, rain, and temperature swings. This episode breaks down ...

Gingerbread houses are festive and fun, but for some, they are way harder to make than they seem. Just one wrong move can cause your gingerbread house to come crumbling down. In this week’s edition of ...

Teach yourself how to build a plastic bottle house with cob and transform trash into a home. I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, ...

Wildfires in the western U.S. are larger and more frequent now than in the past. And the number of homes, businesses and other structures lost to the flames has skyrocketed. Wildland management ...

So how much does it cost to build a new home? A lot more than it did compared to just a couple of years ago. In 2022, the construction cost of the typical new single-family home was $392,241, ...