Diamonds in the rough are nothing but carbon subjected to heat, pressure, and time; they all start as something like this.

A new forest cabin developed in the Pyrenees, the mountain range that separates Spain and France, is drawing attention for its unique design, built with an enhanced resistance to fire, that can be ...

Homemade owl-nesting boxes are one option for attracting owls to your yard for a closer view and to control pests. In fact, a nesting space that attracts owls probably works better than using decoy ...

A closer look at the roof finished with traditional Yakisugi planks. Is Donald Trump considering a military draft for Iran? What we know One type of drinking water linked to up to 62% higher Parkinson ...

One year after wildfires tore through neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, killing at least 31 people and destroying more than 10,000 buildings, architects and developers are rethinking what home ...

Nakamoto Forestry’s Gendai yakisugi and unburned sugi wood cladding products are now available with a Silver Weathering Stain specially formulated to weather from a bright silver to a soft, coastal ...

I am baffled by the recent move to claim this technique is japanese / invented in the recent centuries. Humans charred wood for strength at least 400k years ago, and the only reason that number isn't ...

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in bioarchitecture because the carbonized layer protects the wood from water, fire, insects ...

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Wednesday that Christian Siding, a construction company that has worked on different projects throughout the District, must pay $725,000 to ...

Brantford, Ontario — Mitten Building Products says it has achieved what once seemed impossible: true black vinyl siding. The breakthrough comes from applying a thin film of polyvinylidene fluoride ...