Concrete and Masonry

Juggling setbacks and ceiling heights gains a garage, and an apartment to help with the mortgage by Jill Bouratoglou

A team approach creates an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly house for a growing market by Christopher Briley

Healthful, light-filled, and energy-efficient, this home reaches back to its California past and toward a sustainable future by David Arkin

Thanks to interlocking foam forms, you can form, pour, and insulate any small foundation in a single day by Rick Arnold

Curves and a comfortable floor plan reinterpret two traditional styles by Richard Buchanan

Proof that a home can be more livable and more versatile without more cost by Dave Otte

Top 10 blunders that rot your house, waste your money, and make you sick by Joseph Lstiburek

Comfortable quarters for a family of five on a postage-stamp lot in Houston, but for only $70 per square foot by Carlos Ulloa

One builder's plan yields Vermont's most energy-efficient house by Al Rossetto

A simple palette of natural materials complements a comfortable home in a dramatic setting by Karen Tanaka

In New Mexico, owners pitch in to create an up-to-date home with old-world charm by Carolyn Arcure

Carpenter Joseph Truini offers construction details for four types of basic, on-grade foundations suitable for backyard buildings by Joseph Truini

Stone and concrete walls built flat on the ground and craned into place are fast and maintenance-free, if unconventional by Thomas J. Elpel

by Fu-Tung Cheng