From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I built this woodshed using the plan in A Timber-Frame Woodshed as a starting point. I made some minor modifications from the original plans, but all in all it looks like it will last well into the ...

“Roundwood Timber Framing” is a superb natural-building resource. If I’d had Ben Law’s book Roundwood Timber Framing back when I was learning how to build in the ’60s, I would have been inspired to ...

Dublin’s skyline could be dotted with “plyscrapers” in years to come if planners embrace a new timber frame technique for sustainable building, a conference will hear on Monday. The emergence of mass ...

In 2004 only 23% of all new houses in Ireland were built using timber frame technology while in Scotland, which enjoys - or perhaps suffers is the appropriate word - a similar climate to ours, the ...

If you’re planning a self build or extension project and researching build options, there’s a good chance you’ve come across structural insulated panels, also known as SIPs. This build method has ...

Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs. What does the future hold? For ...