Framing

LEED for Homes is a new, comprehensive national certification program for green, energy-efficient homes. Builders who’ve tried it like it, but will it change the way houses are built? by Sean Groom

Make the right design choices, and you'll have an outdoor room you can enjoy without battling the bugs by Scott Gibson

by Mike Guertin

Hide the new carrying beam in the ceiling, and they'll forget that wall ever existed by John Michael Davis

Adding timber-frame elements to a stick-frame house makes economic and aesthetic sense by Anthony Zaya

From undersize nails to overloaded trusses, here's a look at what builders get wrong when they wing it without an engineer by David Utterback

This economical house design features factory-built rooms that surround a post-and-beam core by Libby Schroeder

A demonstration house in Canada shows new approaches to energy-efficient, environmentally sensitive construction by Kip Park

Sifting through the wreckage of Hurricane Andrew to learn why some houses survived and some didn't by Charles Miller

Designing and building with engineered beams by Stephen Smulski

Longitudinal Wood I-Beams by Lamar Henderson

by Howard Furst

Turning your attic into living space may be the remedy for your growing pains by Scott McBride

A guide to the basics of deck construction by Scott Grove