Architecture and Design

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 bugsby Scott Gibson

by Mike Guertin

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

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

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

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

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

Sifting through the wreckage of Hurricane Andrew to learn why some houses survived and some didn'tby Charles Miller

Designing and building with engineered beamsby Stephen Smulski

Longitudinal Wood I-Beamsby Lamar Henderson

by Howard Furst

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

A guide to the basics of deck constructionby Scott Grove

Distinctive wood detailing, tile work, stained glass and carving in a California living roomby Ben Tarcher