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Building regulations for extensions — what you need to know to ensure your project sails through the approval process

If you are adding space to your home, you will need to comply with the building regulations for extensions if you don't want ...
Business Insider

Metsä Wood: The era of Extensions is now - Light Wood is the Optimal Building Material

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The natural qualities of wood - lightness and strength - bring multiple positive consequences for both individual constructors and societies undergoing heavy ...
MinnPost

How tall can you build with wood? Consider this 1,250-foot ‘plyscraper’

Could you build the Empire State Building out of wood? Not just a tabletop model, mind you — but the whole 102-story, 87,000-square-foot skyscraper, covering a New York City block at its base, and for ...
ArchDaily

4 Modular Wooden Homes: Tiny House, Cabin, Extension, and Dwelling

Written by José Tomás Franco Published on November 07, 2023 While this system allows the construction of various types of buildings, its high level of customization finds particular utility and ...
Ars Technica

Building a wood shed...live vs dead loads

I'd like to build a wood shed to hold firewood. I'd like to build a raised structure supported on concrete blocks or some other kind of foundation, if possible. Traditionally, people either just throw ...
Inhabitat

An old Swiss farmhouse gets a striking wooden extension that juxtaposes past and present

Studio Marazzi Reinhardt recently updated an old farmhouse in the quiet Swiss village of Löhningen with a striking wooden extension that seamlessly melds modern and classic architecture. ‘Haus Zur ...