Karen Martinez lost her home in the Palisades Fire. Now, she's trying to convince her entire neighborhood of Sunset Mesa to ...

After their more typical wood-framed homes burned, some are now rebuilding with non-combustible materials. And they’re ...

Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

The Palisades and Eaton fires are a sober reminder of just how flammable many urban and suburban homes are. Some survivors are responding by planning to build differently. Instead of the usual wood ...

Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...

EL CAJONEL CAJON — A stubborn three-alarm fire tore through part of a commercial building in El Cajon on Monday night, destroying a popcorn business, a fire official said. The blaze was reported ...

Compared to Lego in terms of its build structure, our self build expert weighs up the pros and cons of insulated concrete ...