These requirements began entering local building codes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in response to large urban fires and safety concerns. Single-stair projects, also called point ...

But the single-stair movement is gathering steam in places like Austin, where the City Council recently directed city planners to look into updating the building code, as well as entire states ...

B.C. is exploring the potential of allowing single-stair apartments under its building code, in a move experts say could help make affordable housing easier to build. A single-stair or single ...

Stairs must satisfy strict building codes meant to ensure safety and climbing comfort. Tall steps make climbing hard, and shallow steps are uncomfortable and dangerous. Since there's so little ...

Are you ready for DIY deck stairs that can make your home safer? With a few simple tools and research into your local ...

the multiple egress routes mandated by most American building codes. The argument, in short, is to re-legalize single-stair apartment buildings, also known as “point-access blocks”—a typology that was ...

Maryland and Virginia also weighing building code change to allow one staircase in four-to-six-story multifamily properties. D.C. reveals details for new Commanders stadium Applause — and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a change to building codes that will soon allow apartments up to five stories tall to be built with only one staircase.