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 ...

Building owners often direct security integrators to lock the stairwell doors on the stair side to prevent unauthorized entry into tenant spaces. The term “stairwell reentry” refers to the code ...

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 ...

Pictured: Example of computational fire modeling in a large industrial manufacturing facility. The model shows the fire location, and outputs information such as heat release rate and visibility, ...

When access control hardware is installed on doors in a new or existing building, it’s extremely important to be aware of the fire, life-safety and building codes that impact these applications.

In the quest to address the ever-pressing urban housing crisis, cities across Canada, particularly Metro Vancouver, face a multitude of challenges. Key among these is the “missing middle,” a term ...