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In 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.
Owners cleared brush away from their stucco house that has a fire-resistant roof and multi-pane windows that blocked the flames.
Firesafe Construction Gives Californians Protection Against Future Wildfires ALTADENA, Calif., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
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.
This home in Healdsburg, California, was designed to be fire-resistant and energy efficient. It generates enough energy to be off the grid.
Lorcan O'Herlihy of LOHA has created a concrete home in Malibu to replace a 1980s house he designed for his parents, which was destroyed by a 2018 wildfire.
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 ...
More than 10,000 houses burned in Los Angeles. But fire-resistant design helped keep some standing even on blocks where the rest were lost.
The design of each house and the layout of the entire subdivision — with healthy buffers between each building and scant flammable vegetation — meet standards set by the Insurance Institute ...