An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

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An innovative renovation preserves the character of the vaulted thin-shell structure, while creating fabrication spaces for Colorado College's arts programs.

Near the ground of the home still standing, there was a tiny overhang where the walls met the concrete foundation. Sometimes ...

LOS ANGELES — As an urban planner, Marina Martos Dabel was dreaming about adding an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, long before she and her husband, Dr. Pascal Dabel, purchased their Silver Lake home ...

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While modernist architects sought to address social and economic challenges through affordable housing and efficient design, their reliance on energy-intensive materials like concrete and steel ...

The Los Angeles wildfires recently showed people around the world that celebrity or not, no one is safe from fire.

My home is an entirely concrete structure with a dirt-over-concrete ... One more thing: If you already have a wood house in a fire-prone area, stucco it. That’s what saved my Altadena home ...