Karen has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of her physical limitations and asked me if it was possible for her to construct the foundation ...

When my wife and I built our home, I discovered that leadership corresponds to the phases of homebuilding. Constructing a house occurs in three major phases: foundation, framing, and finish-out ...

Floating houses are built by creating foundations of concrete, then filling them with styrofoam, making them virtually unsinkable. Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by Chelsea Pineda Show more ...