Balsa Wood Model of New York City Took 21 Years to Make

It encompasses nearly one million buildings and it’s now on display in the city it represents. Architectural models are common in the building trade but nobody was quite prepared for this. The hand-carved model of the city encompassing 1,500 square feet took 63-year-old truck driver Joe Macken more than two decades to create. And while […]

The Top 10 States Searching for Home Improvement Projects

The new housing market may be slower but existing homeowners are doing extensive Google searches for home improvements and renovations, according to a new study. Can you guess which states lead the country? As often happens when the housing market slows down, the market for home improvement projects increases and new data compiled by Constructor […]

How Big Is Too Big for Mass-Timber Buildings?

Even as builders around the world continue to put up larger and larger structures using mass-timber construction, a new report says there are limits to how big you can make a wooden building. Construction of residential, office and commercial buildings using timber construction have boomed the past few years as builders look to the material […]