Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is leaking. Inside the $11 million job to fix it
For a tall person, visiting Fallingwater – Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous house – can be a little scary. Wright made the “parapet walls” – the low barriers around the house’s many balconies – much ...
Housing crisis spurs alternatives to building homes, from 3D printing to walls made from hemp
Businesses and lawmakers are trying to address the U.S. affordable housing crisis by turning to alternative ways to build ...
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Tom Flanagan seeks permanent injunction to stop Gilbert Building demolition
Developer Tom Flanagan has filed a petition in court seeking a Permanent Injunction to prevent the demolition of the Gilbert ...
North Main Street reopens downtown after building stabilized
After nearly a week, North Main Street in downtown Dayton has been reopened to traffic. The street between Second and Third ...
Dayton declares emergency for building damaged in wind storm
The city of Dayton has declared an emergency over structural concerns from the wind damage of the 34 North Main Street building. The vacant building was damaged by heavy ...
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Stonemasonry: Building a Stone Wall
My introduction to building a stone wall, like beginnings in so many homesteading skills, came unexpectedly, urgently, and at the wrong time. It was a rare clear morning during a rainy spring in ...
Part of busy road remains closed days after strong winds cause partial collapse of Dayton building
Parts of Main Street remain closed days after strong winds and rains caused a partial collapse of a Dayton building on Saturday.
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Stratacache Tower damaged after winds cause partial collapse of adjacent building
DAYTON, Ohio – A downtown Dayton tower had to be evacuated Saturday after high winds caused a partial collapse of an adjacent building.Sections of the upper portion of building located at 34 N ...
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Builders Stockpile Lumber, Swap Out Materials to Work Around Tariffs
When President Trump threatened new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China at the beginning of February, Steve Martinez flew into action. The Idaho-based general contractor spent hundreds of ...
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Wall falls from building near Vanderbilt University campus
A power pole was holding up a wall of the building along 21st Avenue South and Grand Avenue, NFD said. Signage on that wall fell onto the sidewalk. No injuries were reported.
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This DC building has a 2-story ‘green wall’ of living plants
One of D.C.’s newest trophy office buildings now has the city’s biggest green wall. 17xM, a 334,000-square-foot, 11-story building at 1150 M Street, N.W., includes a two-story, 1,500-square ...
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This downtown Boise building was frozen in time. See what it looks like today
On the outside, Stacey used early photos of the building to re-create the exterior. Restoration of the facade included brick and sandstone restoration, parapet wall work, new windows, new retail ...