Watch the construction of a traditional adobe home being built near Albuquerque, NM. Weekly updates by Adobe Home builder, David C. Peterson.

Independent information source on North American hardwoods.

Tips and advice on designing, contracting and building your own home.

On-line resource of architectural information, home design, floor plan selection and building products.

One family's monthly diary on the construction of their home, complete with tips and ideas.

Building a dream home, a journal by the owner. Discusses passive solar design, alternative methods, design decisions, emotional turmoil.

Online version of the popular field guide to the most common code violations for residential construction.

Covers trends in home improvement and house buying.

Homeowner's account of a home construction project where the family acted as general contractor. Includes an overview of the plan, a journal, and photographs from foundation to finish.

List of steps which can be taken by homeowners that are unhappy with their builder.

Informative 7-part narrative, with figures and pictures, illustrates how a house is built.

Collection of articles focusing on design issues in the home. Covers designing a home office, basement foundation guidelines, planning for accessibility, zoned heating and cooling systems, creating architectural detail with drywall, and kitchen design.

Articles on contractors, building, buying, and financing related to residential log buildings.

Article by Masa Noguchi, Ph.D that discusses a new approach to the delivery of quality affordable homes of tomorrow.

Step-by-step advice for evaluating contractors, creating a remodelling budget, and working with a contractor and other workers throughout the project.

Instructions and drawings explaining how to layout log rafters using a steel square.

A calculator that offers average costs of numerous projects then shows their value when selling the home.

Articles, FAQ, and diagrams that explain residential septic systems.

Homeowner guide to various divided entry homes, including bi-level, split-level, and raised ranch. Concepts, interior design, additions, landscaping.

Homeowners' account of the construction of their hurricane-proof waterfront home in Gulf Shores, Alabama of Dac-Art man-made stone, with glass tile mosaics.

Photo journal which documents the 1998 construction of a post and beam home centered around a "great room."