Here are five of the most promising new building materials on the horizon and how ... so they can help keep your home cozy ...

Straw bale homes offer superior insulation, reducing heating and cooling expenses. With Columbia's average home value now ...

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just invented a building material that could make construction projects stronger and more sustainable—and it’s based on the skeleton ...

Construction goods prices grew by 1.2% year-over-year. Softwood lumber was one of the largest contributors of this growth, ...

Projects in the pipeline are likely to be hit the hardest as they rely on future shipments of building materials now subject ...

Prices for building materials are up a staggering 38% since early 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compared with a 10% rise from 2016 to 2020. New homes are roughly five times as ...

If you think of the primary building materials that are used in the construction of your home, what types come to mind? You’d probably agree that materials such as wood, steel, and concrete make up a ...

An analysis from John Burns Research and Consulting, which focuses on the housing industry, estimated the cost of a newly ...

Using local materials for building needs to be encouraged. New housing developments should be seen as part of a circular economy – where local goods are used, recycled, and repaired in an ...