Design and Planning - Page 110 of 439

Learn to anticipate and accommodate shrinking, swelling, twisting, and buckling when working with this ubiquitous building material.

Designing for a pre-teens room provides its own specific challenges. This desk area was set up to grow with the owners changing needs. Originally the shelf height was set up…

It took careful archaeological detective work to reproduce original details for this historic home in Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley.

Shorter days and colder weather is on the horizon.

Faced with consequences equivalent to a giant asteroid set to hit the earth in 10 to 50 years, we designers and builders owe it to the future to do our part—and we need to start right now.

The pitfalls of old house wiring, rotting retaining walls, and poorly installed shingle siding

A dated lake cottage inspires a hardworking house rich in sentimental charm.

While I was photographing a cabinet showroom, the client wanted a detail shot to illustrate the flexibility of this drawer. By moving the pegs, the owner can change the layout…

A priest from Florida asks the Fine Homebuilding editors for advice on how to repair his heavily damaged church so that it can better weather the next big coastal storm.

Locating the compressor outdoors and using CO2 as the refrigerant eliminates some of the biggest concerns builders have with typical hybrid water heaters have.