An ingenious bent planar roof takes on one of nature's seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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Habitat for Humanity official: Helping Haiti will require overcoming a government in shambles, rampant poverty and the absence of building codes.
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A Kansas town destroyed by a tornado continues its quest toward eco-conscious rebuilding.
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Overcome coastal flooding worries by using factory-built homes.
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Scientists say buildings can survive such storms if structures are well-built.
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Three students from the University of Maryland architecture program claimed the top three spots in the first-ever TCA/PCA Storm Housing 2007, a Tilt-Up Concrete Association- and Portland Cement Association- sponsored international competition that seeks conceptual designs for a storm-resistant...
The industry does not like the popular phrase “mobile home” —it reserves that term for units built before the federal government began regulating its product. Until 1976, house trailers were not subject to any building code. Since 1976, the industry has been covered by a federal rule known as the...
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AS FLORIDA REGULATORS SEARCH FOR middle ground on regional hurricane standards, builders and insurers remain at odds. This year's storm season brought with it a renewed bluster over the so-called “panhandle carve-out,” which holds certain Northwest counties to less stringent wind borne debris...
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Hurricane-resistant products are popping up faster than tropical waves spin off the coast of Africa in August. “We are having a hard time keeping up,” says Shawn Martin, director of applied technology at the NAHB's Research Center. “They are everywhere. We are kind of methodically going through...
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Hurricane Andrew taught Florida builders how to keep the roofs on their homes during a hurricane. Now Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Katrina, and Wilma are teaching them how to better keep out the wind-driven rain.