I want to build my own home (as in I cut the wood and pound the nails, not just design and hire someone) and it has to be cheap to build and quick to go up. Nothing fancy, just the basics of a small 2 ...

A team of engineers in Buffalo, N.Y., recently built a house on a shake table — a device that can simulate an earthquake. They wanted to see how a typical wood-frame house would fare in a quake. The ...

Everyone knows housing is not exactly cheap. For many people, the decision to build a new home is one of the most significant ...