POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Not so long ago, it was exceptionally rare to see timber buildings more than six stories tall. But new engineered wood technologies like cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued laminated wood (gluluam), ...

Buckhead could soon be home to one of the country’s tallest timber-framed buildings, a construction style seen as more friendly to the environment than massive towers of steel and concrete.

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

In 1989, my father-in-law taught me to smoke meats and cheeses. I was a timber frame builder—I have my own company, called OakBridge Timber Framing—and I wanted a home project to help me unwind in the ...