Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. In much of the world, small apartment buildings have single ...
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A single staircase in a San Diego apartment building. Some stakeholders embrace what’s called “single stair reform in the debate over housing development. (Photo by Times of San Diego staff) This ...
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The National Fire Protection Association released One Stair, Two Perspectives: Single Exit Stair Symposium, a report summarizing key discussions and findings from a recent symposium addressing ...
Citing the Grenfell Tower tragedy isn't enough to nix this idea. Eliason is a researcher, writer, urbanist, and architect based in Seattle. He holds a B.Arch from Virginia Tech. His writings and past ...
American land-use reformers intent on addressing present-day housing shortages have, for the last decade, focused their efforts on amending zoning codes—the very rules that gradually downzoned most ...
Under the current two-stair requirement, a California apartment developer hoping to take advantage of the new state law and build a six-story building near a train station would need to either ...