A wave of new immigration jails is drawing widespread criticism for terrible conditions and restricted access to legal ...

Compacted soil in cardboard cylinders is a low-tech building material that is strong enough for low-rise structures with a ...

The first pieces of baseboard you should install are along the walls where two inside corners meet. The easiest pieces to ...

New Zealand is changing the way it assesses earthquake-prone buildings in an attempt to reduce costs and confusion for owners ...

As our climate heats and our cities gets denser, understanding how building materials perform in real fires is becoming more ...

Engineers have created strong, low-cost walls from soil, water, and cardboard, cutting carbon emissions and construction ...

Titled “We Are Not Done Yet,” the installation at the Austin-Irving library branch on the Northwest Side featured 16 artists ...

The cost of developing stone heritage buildings in Dunedin's CBD will become "prohibitively expensive" due to the reinforcement requirements, a property developer says.

The Deputy Prime Minister says the government is restarting activity in a way that will be "better value for taxpayers' money".

A New Zealand jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a man accused of murdering five people by deliberately setting fire ...