Hieroglyphic marks on the floor prevent deep-state drywall-coverups of electrical workboxes

Tree stumps are not a solid base for footings

A builder's take on a necessary evil: not evil

Like farm to table for building materials—a tour of Amazon trees and lumber

These mighty-mites can provide heating, cooling, and air-mixing for a well-insulated house, but they look so darned—European. It is hard for many Americans to warm up to them.

We budgeted nearly $50,000 for the foundation and yet ran almost 100% over budget—that hurts.

Buenos Aires is an architectural voyeur’s destination, with gothic, and ornate classical buildings that rival Europe in grandeur. There are also a lot of cool homes, and street-level building craft to admire.

and sometimes I'm open to looking

Doors are like eyes, or maybe mouths. They tell you a lot about who's inside. Would you want to walk in and get to know them? 

 

Walking on a scaffold with boots is like tightening a lug molt with mittens

Your own private Idaho—or Argentina—inside the house​

May you build a ladder to the stars, may you climb on every rung ...

 

The tiny house on stilts is ready for relaxation!

An #oldschool approach to decorative concrete surfaces

 

Are windows the eyes of a home, or a gateway to its soul? 

A simple stairway Answers the question of why. Why regulations?

As family size contracts, big houses become small hotels

It’s a pleasure to stroll the streets of Colonia, Uruguay, and realize that in those homes you admire, you could also live.

People do. And it’s not too expensive.