Safety concerns following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 led to building safety codes that limited the use of wood in construction. While it was one of the first and most common materials used to make ...

Organizers of Design & Construction Week in Las Vegas claimed more than 200,000 visitors to big co-located shows, making for the biggest attendance at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show and the ...

Joinery is the method that woodworkers use to connect two or more pieces of wood. In its simplest form, it involves merely gluing, nailing, or screwing two pieces of wood together. But it can get ...

Sustainable, renewable and good for the climate: Wood is the material of the future. But how much of it do we actually have and how do we make best use of it? Researchers have now analyzed the ...

DID you hear about the wooden car, with wooden wheels, a wooden chassis and a wooden engine? It wooden go. Or would it? In a few years’ time, when people really are driving wooden cars, that joke will ...