Experts

Brief  A prefab, or prefabricated, home is often an affordable alternative to a traditionally constructed home. See what experts have to say about this type of home.   Insight You’ve heard of mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes, but did you know...

Brief  Hip roofs are a hugely common sight in the UK. Here, we take a look at what they are, their pros and cons and how they can be converted or extended.   Insight A hip roof is an excellent choice for all kinds of house styles, looking just as at home on a...

Brief Digital dashboards embedded in sidewalks collect data used by Uncharted to create a city's digital twin. The data helps cities make decisions about their infrastructure and find more sustainable solutions to transportation and other infrastructure needs.  ...

Brief  It smells like a lush pine forest in the lunch room of a new upper secondary school in Helsinki, but there's no scented air freshener.Instead, most of the five-storey building has been constructed out of wood.   Insight It smells like a lush pine forest in...

Brief Headway is an initiative from The New York Times exploring the world’s challenges through the lens of progress. We look for promising solutions, notable experiments and lessons from what’s been tried.   Insight When the Dutch National Bank moved into its...

Brief The foundation can shift, sink, crack, buckle, or deteriorate, resulting in serious structural problems that can leave your home vulnerable to flooding, insect infestations, or in extreme circumstances, the home may even collapse.   insight The foundation...

Brief  Major changes to the seismic design of diaphragms and their chords and collectors are contained in the 2022 edition of the ASCE/SEI standard "Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures." Kelly Cobeen gives a rundown of the...

Brief  Waterproofing is one of those underappreciated building materials that very few people think about until it fails to do its job of keeping water and moisture out.It is an essential component of a structure, as water is a highly destructive element when it gets...

Brief  3D-printed houses seem poised to be the next revolution in home construction. Utilizing 3D-printing technology on a grand scale like that needed to craft houses unleashes design potential and removes many barriers to traditional construction materials and...