A new fight is brewing in San Francisco over a city mandate requiring sprinklers in all residential high rise buildings by 2035.

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase like other ...

The Bend City Council is moving forward with plans to adopt new home-hardening requirements aimed at making new residential buildings more resilient to wildfires. During a work session last Wednesday, ...

San Diego is considering a large package of city zoning changes that would make it easier to create wireless antenna farms, loosen rules for sidewalk cafes in Old Town and eliminate an incentive to ...

In 1957, Vancouver took a decisive turn in its urban development when city council lifted the eight-story height limit in the ...

New Brunswick's proposed 45-story tower with 800 apartments faces a planning board review and ongoing legal challenges.

Critics of the proposal say it throws out careful urban planning and zoning rules crafted for the neighborhood. Supporters ...

Snow loads, –30 °C nights, and humid summer heatwaves test any cabin. A prefab kit that thrives in those extremes starts with a super-tight shell: thick wall assemblies, continuous insulation, and ...

CEDARst’s revised plan for 321 apartments at Ada and Lake would require Downtown-level zoning. Some residents say the glass-heavy high-rise doesn’t fit the neighborhood’s character.

The 41-7 vote in the Washington State Senate advances a proposal that would allow builders more flexibility to install smaller elevators in smaller apartment buildings, a small step toward bringing U.

One person was found dead after an early-morning fire at a West Price Hill apartment building. The fire occurred on the ninth floor of the Pinecrest high-rise, a Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing ...

BENTLEYVILLE, Pa. — Multiple people were injured during a fire at a senior high-rise building in Washington County. Dispatchers said firefighters were called to Bentley Tower on the 700 block of ...