Building more high-rise apartments could help alleviate the Las Vegas Valley’s housing crunch, but don’t expect a boom in taller residential buildings anytime soon, experts say. A number of factors ...

Several states are modifying building codes to reduce development costs, drawing concern from fire officials and safety ...

Cost and demand determine building heights, and a big new project isn't out of the question. But “urban design matters," one developer says.

States and cities are debating building code changes—like single-stair apartments and relaxed electrical/fire rules—to reduce ...

Officials also discuss creating a dedicated mechanism to identify commercially used residential buildings, enforce compliance ...

Wyoming needs tens of thousands of new homes, but only a fraction of the need is under construction because builders say the ...

There is a phrase regularly repeated and like clockwork. We hear it during the month of March and the tragedy of its timing is not lost on those who observe Fire Prevention Month. The Tagalog phrase ...

Venezuela and Japan are both hit by strong quakes, but Venezuela faces higher risks due to weaker building standards.

On Friday afternoon a small plane appeared to evade some of the world’s strictest aviation controls and slam into the tallest skyscraper in Beijing, the 109-story CITIC Tower that dominates the city’s ...

Authorities have arrested six individuals, and the Crime Branch is investigating the incident. The Chief Minister vowed ...

The United States is turning 250. Everything we want for the next 50 years starts with fixing housing.

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.