When Dave and Becky Lime purchased a 2.5-acre lot on Linwood Lake near Wyoming, Minn., during the mid-'80s, they decided to take on an ambitious project: building a timber frame home. Timber framing ...

TAKES A VILLAGE: Barron Brown directs a crew at a barn raising near Marshall. Photo by Storms Reback It’s not every day you get invited to a barn raising, so when I did, I jumped at the opportunity.

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Three leading organisations in the timber and construction sector – Timber Development UK (TDUK), the Structural Timber Association (STA) and Swedish Wood – have launched a new digital platform ...

If you’re planning a self build, one of the biggest decisions you’ll make is what structural system to use. For most people, the options that spring to mind are either traditional brick and block or a ...

Our roundup of recent and current projects using natural materials ranges from ‘experimental’ public toilets built from ...