We hear so much about sustainability in the news that it’s becoming important to many homeowners and contractors to use more ...

People spend up to 90% of their lives in buildings. How these are designed and built has a profound influence on our ...

The few structures still standing in Altadena and Pacific Palisades may offer clues on making homes more resistant to wildfire.

At the foot of a mountain in the upstate New York town of Catskill, there is an uninhabited sculpture park of sorts, built ...

Vinyl siding is the most commonly used type in America, but it's a poor option for fire-prone areas. Instead, consider these ...

With wildfires increasing year after year, more homeowners are thinking about the future of their houses — and whether they have a future at all as the climate rapidly changes.

Many of those homes are older and built with highly flammable materials like wood and other products. Building experts ... Instead of vinyl siding, he recommended Hardie fiber cement siding ...

Scott Dudelson, an avid vinyl collector who lost over 8,000 records in the Palisades fire when his home burned down, at Record Surplus in Santa Monica. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) ...

Scott Dudelson, 45, peers out over the shelves of Santa Monica vinyl shop Record Surplus ... After all, just three weeks ago a house he’d been building — and planned to move his collection ...

Natural building using less flammable materials gain interest post-wildfires ... lot leveled by this month's wildfires. Her house was reduced to ash that spilled into the pool, turning the water ...