A new multiscale model predicts how concrete’s stiffness and thermal-expansion change at high temperatures, offering insights ...

There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design choices can help protect a home during a wildfire. As the Santa Monica-based architect Abeer Sweis watched the Palisades Fire lay ...

"Concrete block fences act as fire-resistant barriers — shielding homes from wind-driven embers and helping prevent property loss during wildfires,” says Adam Eldred of Angelus Block.

Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy of LOHA has created a concrete home in Malibu, USA, to replace a 1980s house he designed for his parents, which was destroyed by a 2018 wildfire. Named Trancas House 2.0 ...

To the editor: So, David Steiner’s concrete home is the sole survivor in a destroyed Malibu neighborhood. I find that predictable, but apparently insurance companies don’t. My home is an ...

Ask your builder about using durable, non-combustible options that provide exceptional resistance to fire, such as concrete masonry. Beyond fire safety, concrete masonry that meets modern seismic ...

Cal Fire contractors replaced his porch with one made of FireX-treated lumber, installed fiber-cement skirting and a noncombustible crawl space door, upgraded the attic vents with ember resistant ...

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

To the editor: While there is a need to upgrade the building codes to more fire-resistant practices, the kind of tilt-up concrete buildings suggested by one letter writer is not necessarily the ...