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There are three prob­lems with steel frame con­struc­tion that affect the safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and dura­bil­i­ty of the struc­tures they cre­ate.

Min­i­mal­ist archi­tec­ture mate­ri­als and design always aim for func­tion­al­i­ty. Fox Blocks presents six sug­ges­tions on mate­ri­als for design­ing a min­i­mal­ist house exte­ri­or.

While it’s great news that we’re not cur­rent­ly using more ener­gy to run our homes, the study also ​“rais­es impor­tant con­cerns about mak­ing home ener­gy use more effi­cient.” If American’s time at home con­tin­ues to rise, home effi­cien­cy will need to as well.

Con­crete is a ver­sa­tile and durable con­struc­tion mate­r­i­al that is pre­dom­i­nant­ly used in both com­mer­cial and res­i­den­tial struc­tures. It’s essen­tial to under­stand con­crete’s ther­mal prop­er­ties, specif­i­cal­ly its tem­per­a­ture lim­its, to opti­mize its strength and dura­bil­i­ty.

Emp­ty nesters can sim­pli­fy their lives, save mon­ey, and help the envi­ron­ment by down­siz­ing to a sin­gle-sto­ry, ener­gy-effi­cient, low-main­te­nance, and durable home.