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 ...

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.

If a user opened this Markdown file in Windows 11 Notepad versions 11.2510 and earlier and viewed it in Markdown mode, the above text would appear as a clickable link. If the link is clicked with ...

On Tuesday, Feb. 10, around 2:44 p.m., HFD received a 911 call about a fire inside a high-rise building on Hobron Lane. HFD responded to the fire with 10 units staffed with 38 personnel. By 2:51 p.m., ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The City of Norfolk and Norfolk Public Schools have entered a new phase of the Maury High School replacement project as building construction begins this month. Following a ...