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 ...

The project, a renovation of a typical Greenpoint historical wood ... in the building's environment, located close to the East River, while nodding to a leafy English garden. Inside, balancing spaces ...

is unsurprisingly home to the city’s oldest surviving brick row house, which dates back to just after the American Revolution. The multi-story building (formally known as the Edward Mooney House ...

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.

Solvang, California ( the Danish-rooted, Santa Ynez Valley wine country town along California’s Central Coast, will ...