Many may be surprised to learn that most plywood ceiling structures do not have a base level of insulation that was installed when the room was built. Instead, they may have light layers of foam ...

Perhaps you’ve noticed, while walking through a church, theater or municipal building, a graceful arch or vaulted ceiling supported by large wooden beams or rafters. And maybe you’ve wondered how wood ...

Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...

Between the Middle Santiam Wilderness and Salem, Ore., there is a family-owned lumber company, Freres Lumber, doing its best to bring new wrinkles to old-school techniques: it recently invested $35 ...

The result of a number of experiments aimed at maximizing the material, structure and aesthetics of a 4’x8′ sheet of Baltic birch plywood, Beam is a simple DIY sideboard made up of eleven precisely ...

Cologne 2013: the structure of this lightweight plywood chair by Eric and Johnny Design Studio of Berlin was inspired by I-beams used in the construction industry (+ slideshow). The Beams Chair is ...

Cologne 2013: the structure of this lightweight plywood chair by Eric and Johnny Design Studio of Berlin was inspired by I-beams used in the construction industry (+ slideshow). The Beams Chair is ...