Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles versus those still standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world.
More than 10,000 houses burned in Los Angeles. But fire-resistant design helped keep some standing even on blocks where the ...
To qualify officially as a passive house, a home must meet certain criteria set by the International Passive House ...
“As long as we continue to build houses with wood in places that are expected to burn, the only outcome we can expect is that ...
As the wildfires in Los Angeles left hundreds of homes in ruins, one family that lost everything in the worst wildfire in ...
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes but left some still standing through a combination of fortunate ...
"Tom Hanks’ Malibu mansion is a great example of how fire-resistant construction helps in fire-prone areas," says Vasilevski.
No words really, just a horror show. Some of the design choices we made here helped, but we were also very lucky,” Santa ...
There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design choices can help protect a home during a wildfire. As the ...
To reduce or even eliminate the need for heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, a passive house is built ...
Owners cleared brush away from their stucco house that has a fire-resistant roof and multi-pane windows that blocked the ...