With a rise in catastrophic weather events and fires, architects and contractors are increasingly focused on designing resilient building systems that maintain or regain functionality in the face of ...

Since 1980, damages from natural disasters above the $1 billion threshold have totaled almost $3 trillion. That jaw-dropping figure doesn’t start to account for the pain and suffering, but it gives us ...

As wildfires rage across the American West, hurricanes intensify in the Southeast, and insurance markets tighten nationwide, the demand for fire-resilient, climate-ready buildings is no longer ...

When Hurricane Melissa tore into Jamaica with winds exceeding 185 mph, it sent a clear message: storms are now reaching wind ...

ASHRAE is joining more than two dozen other design and construction industry associations in committing to promote resilient buildings. The leadership of these industry associations used the occasion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the ...

“The greatest potential impact comes from design itself,” states Gensler in its third annual “Impact by Design” report. Gensler asserts that while the business case for sustainable design “has never ...

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In 2026, the most valuable home upgrade is not the one that shows up in listing photos or social feeds. It is the quiet shift ...

Adaptive reuse has matured from exception to expectation, according to Gensler. Indeed, apartment conversion projects ...

Residents of a senior care facility are evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (Photo by Ethan Swope / AP) This is your first of three free stories this ...

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