I have four 8 ft square wood columns that are covered with EIFS (stucco-like product). The columns are 2 per side of the house entrance with a small roof/cornice on top. I want to make the columns ...

Architect Tim Olson, from Bensonwood homes in Walpole, has a problem. He and a friend have screwed together the first few pieces of a design project, called the Coopered Column, backwards. “We’re ...

Indeed, columns and beams are not the real problem, neither structurally nor from a fire perspective. The real issue is the connection details: wooden components are connected with steel bolts, screws ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pillars of the architectural community for thousands of years, columns still play vitally important supporting roles in home design. Whether load-bearing and ...

Chunky wooden columns and beams support the sloping timber ceiling of this small pharmacy by Japanese studio Ninkipen! in the city of Ogaki (+ slideshow). Osaka architects Ninkipen! designed the ...