An Irvine, Calif., neighborhood carefully planned to stand up to wildfires was put to the test when all homes there were undamaged by the Silverado fire in 2020. It could now offer a blueprint for ...

James Hardie’s balance sheet risk is low with leverage modest and interest coverage high. We expect net debt/EBITDA to remain comfortable and well below management's target of less than two times.

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An innovative renovation preserves the character of the vaulted thin-shell structure, while creating fabrication spaces for Colorado College's arts programs.

HIGH PERFORMANCE CEMENT FastSet Stucco Mix is a fast-setting, polymer-modified fiber-reinforced cement-based stucco designed for use as the scratch and/or brown coat in a 3- coat stucco ...

Near the ground of the home still standing, there was a tiny overhang where the walls met the concrete foundation. Sometimes the underside of that lip is exposed wood, which is vulnerable to fire. In ...

In some cases, homes were built with noncombustible materials such as stucco, brick or cement ... At the back of the property, a cinder block wall may have prevented the neighbors’ burning ...

LOS ANGELES — As an urban planner, Marina Martos Dabel was dreaming about adding an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, long before she and her husband, Dr. Pascal Dabel, purchased their Silver Lake home ...

Concrete, stucco, and engineered wood are better than old-fashioned wood frames. A few architects, including Abeer Sweis, in Santa Monica, work with compressed soil, also known as rammed earth ...

And if the wall is solid concrete — common in basements — there won’t be any studs. Scroll down to read more about these variations.) The C.H. Hanson stud finder makes it especially easy to ...

Air vents constructed at Annie Barbour’s former home in Santa Rosa on Jan. 23, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED) Moving down, the walls of a home can also be built using stucco, concrete fiber board siding, or ...

Conceived as a series of vertical volumes and low walls, the addition transforms the backyard into an outdoor room, while its interior extends the horizontal existing house into the vertically ...