Timber accounts for roughly 20 percent of new multistory buildings in Sweden, but that figure is on the rise. That is happening in part because of companies like Folkhem, the real estate developer ...

Discover the rich history and evolution of building blocks from simple wooden cubes to modern digital educational tools. The earliest known building blocks were introduced in the 18th century by ...

Wooden toys, which include blocks, puzzles, trains and educational tools, only account for 5.6 percent of China's toy market in 2023, according to Zhiyan Consulting, a Chinese market research company.

Wood and stone blocks form the foundation for your buildings, but you can also craft other items, such as doors, windows, and furniture, to make your town look more vibrant and inviting.

Six months after completing the first part of his apartment conversion project, the developer behind the Wood & Brooks Lofts ...

Two buildings in Manhattan’s Chinatown, 43 and 45 Mott Street, narrowly avoided being auctioned on January 8, 2025, after a last-minute temporary restraining order was issued. As reported by ...

Phrae, 200km outside Chiang Mai, in Thailand, used to be at the heart of the teak trade, and the exotic wood can be seen in the architecture of its tourist-free town, in its museums, mansions and ...

Plantation-era wooden buildings turned to ashes. Landmarks made from coral, lava rock and concrete hollowed out by flames. A once-quaint historic street blackened and wrecked. The wildfire that ...

Willoughby Hills officials have recently been working with the Willoughby-Eastlake School of Innovation on creating new lightweight model buildings for the city’s Safety Town program. According ...

The Kreischer Street wooden houses on Staten Island are relics of Kreischerville, a Victorian-era company town that supplied bricks for NYC's buildings.