Creating defensible space and using hard-to-ignite building materials improve a home’s odds of surviving a conflagration, ...

Most fire victims who opt to rebuild their homes will likely have to upgrade roofs, gutters, attic vents, windows, doors, ...

Amid the charred rubble of burnt-down homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’ll find one Chautauqua ...

Disasters like wildfires are only set to become more frequent amid climate change. Architects are designing for resilience.

Fire-Resistant Landscaping " This involves designing landscapes with fire-resistant features, such as incorporating ...

Steadfast LA and Samara expect to build about 50 homes, but are hopeful that with enough donations that figure could grow to ...

“Protecting your home from flames and embers is key to it not burning down,” said Teryl Ciarlo, founder of Teryl Designs Landscaping in Pacific Palisades, where one of the most damaging fires hit and ...

A Santa Monica-based architect, Greg Chasen, shared an image on X of a now-famous home he designed that survived the Palisades fire. These are some of the design elements he attributed to its ...

Welcome to Earth One, the piece de resistance at CalEarth ... backyard SuperAdobe that emerged from the Eaton fire intact, even as the 1912 home in front of it fell victim to the flames.

SAN DIEGO — In a La Jolla backyard, a University of San Diego professor has created what might be the future of California housing: a fire-resistant home assembled in just three days.

The all-electric home in Palo Alto is made with steel framing and wrapped in fire-resistant panels. Photo courtesy SIDCO. Nearly every inch of this 1,901-square-foot home was engineered to be ...

home still standing — which the owners credit to fire-resistant features installed during its construction. "Seeing all our friends' and neighbors' houses gone is brutal," Michael Kovac told ...