I n a state where wildfires are becoming a year-round threat, architects built one California homeowner a house designed to thrive with fire-resistant materials and thoughtful, eco-conscious design.

Metricon Homes has launched Firesafe Home, a design-forward, fire-resistant home and ADU solution engineered to withstand the ...

A Boston architect and his team are busy designing a fire-resistant house, able to sustain winds up to 200 mph. Latest U.S.

Firesafe Construction Gives Californians Protection Against Future Wildfires ALTADENA, Calif., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Eco-Friendly Design Made This California Home Both ‘Zen’ and Fire Resistant. The Manhattan Beach house merges site awareness and minimalist architectural design with prefab panels at the core ...

Fire-resistant design is top of mind for many homeowners in California, ... The house also generates enough energy to be off the grid, with its own septic, well, and propane gas supplies.

Chasen, an architect who designed the house, said the home he built “for a dear friend” boasts several fire-proofing features. Several of these follow the principles of passive home design. 6 ...

Owners cleared brush away from their stucco house that has a fire-resistant roof and multi-pane windows that blocked the flames. This house in Paradise was the first home to receive the Wildfire ...

At a house-burning demonstration in Anaheim, one home survived, and one didn't. The results could provide a lessons for L.A. communities rebuilding after the January fires.

Today, it faces a different kind of challenge: how to design and live in wildfire country. That future won’t be built one house at a time. It will emerge from neighborhoods that are designed to adapt ...

The design of each house and the layout of the entire subdivision — with healthy buffers between each building and scant flammable ... Fire-resistant materials are a specialty product that ...