Architecture

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.

Leadership

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.

Architecture

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Demand to build homes with materials that can withstand the increasingly frequent and intense wildfires is growing. However, whether the permitting process can keep pace with the demand has become an increasingly-contested, and urgent issue.

Building Resilience

Rebuilding After LA's Wildfires: Choose Resilience Over Speed

California’s rush to rebuild raises tough questions: Should fast-track rebuilding replicate past risks? We begin our Building Resilience series by exploring how homebuilders, policymakers, and communities can build safer, longer-lasting homes come what may.