Concrete and Masonry

Juggling setbacks and ceiling heights gains a garage, and an apartment to help with the mortgageby Jill Bouratoglou

A team approach creates an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly house for a growing marketby Christopher Briley

Healthful, light-filled, and energy-efficient, this home reaches back to its California past and toward a sustainable futureby David Arkin

Thanks to interlocking foam forms, you can form, pour, and insulate any small foundation in a single dayby Rick Arnold

Curves and a comfortable floor plan reinterpret two traditional stylesby Richard Buchanan

Proof that a home can be more livable and more versatile without more costby Dave Otte

Top 10 blunders that rot your house, waste your money, and make you sickby Joseph Lstiburek

Comfortable quarters for a family of five on a postage-stamp lot in Houston, but for only $70 per square footby Carlos Ulloa

One builder's plan yields Vermont's most energy-efficient houseby Al Rossetto

A simple palette of natural materials complements a comfortable home in a dramatic settingby Karen Tanaka

In New Mexico, owners pitch in to create an up-to-date home with old-world charmby Carolyn Arcure

Carpenter Joseph Truini offers construction details for four types of basic, on-grade foundations suitable for backyard buildingsby Joseph Truini

Stone and concrete walls built flat on the ground and craned into place are fast and maintenance-free, if unconventionalby Thomas J. Elpel

by Fu-Tung Cheng

by John Spier

The perfect marriage of cost, aesthetics and performance is what suits your lifestyle and budget bestby Scott Gibson

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

A thick mortar bed over a vinyl membrane makes a sturdy base for tile, but it pays to test for leaksby Tom Meehan

The bones beneath concrete's muscle, rebar has to be cut, bent and tied properly to do its jobby Howard Stein