When a fire breaks out in a high-rise building, conventional wisdom is that stairwells are the only way out. Lifts are verboten in such scenarios, while sheer height typically prevents any other ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

St. Catherine Court residents who were impacted by an electrical fire Dec. 27 are able to temporarily relocate before ...

LOS ANGELES -- A grand opening ceremony was held Wednesday for a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles that will house homeless individuals. There are 278 units in the 19-story development known ...

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...

Greenpoint is about to get a lot greener. A new all-geothermal-powered apartment complex — the largest in the state — is set to be built along the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood’s waterfront by next ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) – A controversial 23-story high-rise proposed in Pacific Beach has sparked fresh demands from residents to shut it down for good. This comes as the developer, Kalonymus, faces ...

An electrical fire at a high-rise residential community operated by the Louisville Metro Housing Authority has caused a power ...

The first tall building erected in Charleston sits empty on Broad Street, a victim of water and time. Everyone was ordered out of the Peoples Building on Aug. 19 after an engineer determined the steel ...