Over the past few years, Africa has been experiencing a significant shift toward sustainable architecture, with straw bale ...

The straw bale sanctuary in which Chris Vander Hout and Christine Hoy reside helps eliminate water waste and energy sourced ...

Our opinions are our own. Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Building a house or buying a house that's under construction means financing the building phase as well as ...

Even auctioneers retire. And when they do it, it can be amazing how much “stuff” they, too, have accumulated. April 17 was the retirement auction for Gary Hotovec, who for 24 years operated ...

In some cases, homes were built with noncombustible materials such as stucco, brick or cement, long before California’s building code took wildfire into account. In other instances, owners ...