Architecture has always straddled the line between science and art, and between what’s beautiful and what’s practical. Architects have to oversee the development of the terrain of the site, meet a budget, discover a client’s dreams and wishes, meet local building ...

In the age of next day delivery and instant access, exceeding customer expectations no longer simply means delivering the highest quality product, but also delivering it in the shortest time period. To meet these growing expectations architects have been turning to ...

Woodhouse—The Timber Frame Company is uniquely positioned to help architects and designers succeed in a world where clients increasingly value environmentally conscious structures with high-tech performance. Woodhouse crafts elegant timber frame structures wrapped in highly energy-efficient panels. They also provide design, ...

Sales of newly built homes jumped 55% in June 2020—the largest annual gain since the housing crash more than a decade ago. This historic jump in new housing sales was driven by a variety of factors, including: The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated ...

The building site’s terrain on the shores of upstate New York’s Seneca Lake was challenging, recalls Architect Raymond R. Lefebvre. The site featured a 10-foot property line to the north and a 30-foot deep ravine to the south that steeply dropped ...

It can be tempting to play it safe when designing a spec home. With that much money at stake, does it pay to be unique? In the case of Architect Mike Olsen, absolutely. With his two collaborators, general contractor Rob Thvedt ...

Taking raw land and creating an elegant structure is not an easy task at any time. Add a pandemic and the challenges grow exponentially. Just ask residential and light commercial designer Doug Storck who was right in the middle of designing ...

After being the in-house architect at Woodhouse—The Timber Frame Company in the 1990s, Architect Tom Hopkins is more than familiar with the art of timber framing. “While at Woodhouse for two years, I performed various design functions, including original custom-designed projects ...

When a couple selected Architect Jeff Wilkinson R.A. of Newburgh, NY, to design their new timber frame home on a 400-acre sanctuary in upstate New York’s Catskill mountains, he turned to Woodhouse—The Timber Frame Company for assistance. The couple’s design directives ...

From the earliest days, our nation was reliant on citizen farmers for economic stability and community prosperity. Central to this vital profession was the barn, a timber-frame structure typically built by the farmer, his family, and neighbors at a barn raising. ...