Buying a concrete home doesn't have to feel like a prison sentence. Concrete properties are actually coming into vogue, making frequent use of natural light, geometric shapes and a contemporary design ...

Concrete is a ubiquitous, often unremarkable, building material but in the right hands, it can be sculpted into truly special architectural works. Join us as we celebrate some of the best recent uses ...

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Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family-home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

A couple recently moved into a 1,012-square-foot 3D printed concrete home in the Netherlands. It's one of five homes that are part of the first 3D printed concrete "commercial housing project." The ...

Concrete is no longer just a niche material in residential construction. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, the shortcomings of traditional wood-framed homes are being laid bare.

Click the above image or any below to open a gallery with additional photos of the construction. With its long history of concrete experience, Purinton Builders of Connecticut is not one to shy away ...

Homeowners thinking outside the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t engineered for long-term durability, and it often underperforms, ...

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Building a traditional home can take months, and with construction costs climbing, that's pricing many buyers out of the market. But members of new partnership in Northeast ...