One of the basic choices home buyers in Central Florida face is whether to choose a house built with concrete blocks or with a wooden frame.Block-built houses used to be the rage in Florida.

Frame House: a home carved for its site. It was the last element that drove the shape of the new house. Instead of a modest structure set alongside the main house, the carport is accommodated within ...

Most frame houses can be built in less time than block homes, an important factor to consider if you have a construction loan because delays cost money, Clayton said.

Watch the process of using fresh teak wood to create frame blocks for house renovations. Despite not being aged, this teak wood is still perfectly suited for modern renovations due to its ...

The two houses came in too close to call in their wall ‘U’ values at 0.12 w/m²k for the block built and 0.11 w/m²k in timber frame, with block finish, Cyril’s personal winner overall.

A whimsical icon of American architecture, an A-frame house is exactly what it sounds like: a building constructed in the shape of the letter A. Its steep, gabled roof extends all the way to the ...

Frame House by Théque Atelier has been longlisted in Dezeen Awards 2024. ... The house's frame organises the two main blocks with gable walls; one contains the intimate room and the other, ...

Moreover, as we’re put sustainability first, structural timber frame houses are on the rise. Here, Copley-Wilkins shares all ...

A timber frame can be erected in a week or two, which enables the other trades to get in more quickly and press on with the fitting out. The lead in time to get the frame designed and made will be ...

On a downtown block dominated by big construction, a tiny house is turning heads. Perched on a forest of new concrete piers at 624 S. Seventh St., a “shotgun house” from the 19th century faces ...

Last year, the concrete house Jack and Barbie Hylton built in Leawood, Kan., took less time than a typical wood-frame home. But the home did take more planning for the wiring, plumbing, windows ...