Question: I recently saw some very attractive new steel-framed houses. Are these houses energy efficient (for passive solar too)? Are they inexpensive and easy to build for a do-it-yourselfer on a ...

(KPIX 5) -- Devastating wildfires in California may end up changing the way we build homes in the Bay Area, and a startup construction company is betting on it. From the outside, Eugene Yu's new home ...

Dear Jim: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be strong to resist severe storms and be efficient. It seems as though most businesses and factories are built from steel. Will this also ...

Elise Embery, Jessica Salazar Embery, Jaxon Embery and Brian Embery pose together for a portrait at their home in Lewisville on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. The family bought a steel-framed house by Netze ...

Tiny homes offer versatility when you are ready to simplify, need a guest house or are ready to hit the road. Now, a company called Tiny Topanga is making cozy tiny houses that feel like home thanks ...

American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were "stick built," according to industry data. Most of the ...

CROWN POINT -- Mayor James Metros is trying to do his part to help Northwest Indiana's steel industry. Metros and his wife, Jessica, unveiled their new steel-frame home in White Hawk Subdivision on ...

The developer is joining a handful of others betting on steel-framed houses in the hopes of creating stronger structures that are more resistant to extreme weather, fire, termites and the state's ...