The project, a renovation of a typical Greenpoint historical wood framed rowhouse ... The resilient materials used make sense in the building's environment, located close to the East River, while ...

Adobe brick houses are made from a special kind ... and many other countries in South America. Sometimes, people build wooden houses beside lakes, rivers, or coastal areas on stilts.

When European colonizers first came to the United States, they opted to construct many houses ... wood as a building material because structures can be built more quickly than when using brick ...