The Santa Monica City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve two significant changes to the city's building codes, raising the threshold for high-rise buildings from 55 to 75 feet and allowing ...
For YIMBYs and other champions of more housing development, ditching the extra staircase has become a surprisingly buzzy ...
Facing a wall of opposition from fire officials, Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday killed a bill that would have allowed taller apartment buildings to be constructed in a single-stair style that’s ...
As Sean Jursnick traveled through Europe, he marveled at its buildings. The Denver-based architect was particularly struck by a type of development that’s largely illegal in the United States: taller ...
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “Building codes protect you from a wide range of hazards—whether it is by implementing safe wiring, fire prevention, or stronger structural ...
Portland city officials have approved building codes that allow for the construction of single-staircase multifamily ...
This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...
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Calgary firefighters warn against single-stair apartments as trend spreads to Canadian cities
Calgary’s firefighters union is trying to prevent what it calls a dangerous housing trend — in which multi-storey housing ...
A man is lucky to be out of harm's way after building code violations risked his escape plan during a fire Saturday.
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