Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions, Learn to Timber Frame (Storey Publishing, 2016) is a guidebook for beginners, showing exactly how to build one small ...

Chad Mathrani, a timber framer working as a consultant on Pedrick Store House, took some time out from his work this week to talk to the Gazette. Mathrani, 28, lives in Salem. Three years ago he and ...

Heading up home builder Frank Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about the bungalow-style house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

“Roundwood Timber Framing” is a superb natural-building resource. If I’d had Ben Law’s book Roundwood Timber Framing back when I was learning how to build in the ’60s, I would have been inspired to ...

As a young carpenter apprentice in Switzerland, Simon Gnehm fell in love with timber framing. It wasn’t just the outdoor work and smell of sap and sawdust that appealed to him. In those days, most ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Michigan is promoting mass timber construction as a faster, lower-carbon building method to boost forestry and economic growth.