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

The dramatic survival of a concrete mansion in Malibu amid burned homes made of wood causes a reader to wonder: Why can't she ...

With wildfires increasing year after year, more homeowners are thinking about the future of their houses — and whether they have a future at all as the climate rapidly changes.

Los Angeles’s Palisades and Eaton fires earlier this month, with their structure losses totaling 6,380 and 9,418, ...

There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design choices can help protect a home during a wildfire. As the Santa Monica-based architect Abeer Sweis watched the Palisades Fire lay waste ...

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires, environmental engineers, urban planners and natural disaster experts ...

Facing the uncertainties of droughts, wildfires, blackouts, poor air quality, mudslides and flooding, here are some ideas ...

In response, the city adopted concrete and steel for reconstruction, recognizing the need for more fire-resistant structures. However, such shifts are rare and often localized, with the broader ...

Wake up, America! Use science, technology and common sense to design our future structures to withstand the fire, winds, and ...

Not regular concrete. This is 12,000 psi concrete very dense, which is what makes it totally fireproof," he said. The prototype is on display in Sacramento, California. "We are really calling SAM ...

As wildfires ravage California and climate change intensifies extreme weather events across the United States, an innovative building material is gaining traction: Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC). W ...