As the Los Angeles area stares down the long recovery process from recent wildfires that burned thousands of homes, one architecture firm is trying to help by giving away one of its residential ...

As the Santa Monica-based architect Abeer Sweis watched the Palisades Fire lay waste to large portions of the Pacific Palisades, she found herself thinking back on her own childhood home in the ...

In the midst of the devastation created by the Tea Fire, there are a few stories of families whose homes escaped the fire unscathed. While some of these stories seem like simple twists of fate or, in ...

While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

Fire-resistant design is top of mind for many homeowners in California, especially after the wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles this year. Those affected by the recent fires and looking to ...

CHICAGO — The Azek Company Inc., a manufacturer of low-maintenance and environmentally sustainable outdoor living products, including TimberTech Decking and Railing, Versatex Trim, and StruXure ...

Metal fencing and other fire-resistant materials and design were used in the community. A homebuilder has created the first fire-resilient community in California, less than three months after a ...

California's 2025 Los Angeles wildfires have caused damages potentially exceeding $164 billion according to UCLA economists, ranking among the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history. Yet in the ...

These general recommendations are compiled by a research team at CU Boulder, which has been studying post-wildfire rebuilding for several years in the context of the Marshall Fire disaster, which ...

Timber structures have gained significant prominence in contemporary construction due to their sustainability, aesthetic appeal and favourable carbon profile. Nevertheless, the inherent combustibility ...

Structural fire engineering and safety represent a critical interdisciplinary field focused on ensuring that buildings and infrastructure maintain their integrity and functionality during fire ...

The lone dwelling standing oddly intact, unblemished even, amidst the charred remnants of a collective past having been suddenly and violently erased by fire—it is an image that is rapidly becoming ...