No unlandmarked wood frame house in Brooklyn is safe! Demolition permits have been filed to take down this two-story wood frame at 32 Maspeth Avenue in East Williamsburg; the owner hopes to replace it ...

A long-neglected and formerly ornate wood-frame apartment house on Greenpoint’s Calyer Street will get a facade update that aims to bring back some of the structure’s former historical details, but ...

A team of engineers in Buffalo, N.Y., recently built a house on a shake table — a device that can simulate an earthquake. They wanted to see how a typical wood-frame house would fare in a quake. The ...

While performing a preplan survey or conducting crew familiarization in your district, it’s wise to take a second look at brick buildings, particularly downtown. You might be surprised at what you ...

The fire consumed the hillside, charring trees and bushes and homes on its way to devastating 70,000 acres in northern California. But Sean Jennings’ house did not burn. Its reddish stucco walls and ...