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While many advocates have focused on zoning reform, one change could unlock even more new housing: legalizing single-stair multifamily.

Completed in 2022 in Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India. Images by Purnesh Dev Nikhanj. The agency of making here rested with the architect-as-client, and there has been careful deliberation on re-introducing a culturally rooted...

North American building codes require apartment buildings to have two staircases that can be used as exits in case of fire. Is this hindering building?

From energy efficiency and Passivhaus to retrofits and carbon handprints, here are some sustainable design basics.

Completed in 2023 in Chandigarh, India. Images by Jeevan Jyot. Beige, the name, had a lot of layers to unfold in its meaning, and the design interpretation comes from the basic neutral palette that is subtle,...

Architect and founder of Larch Lab Michael Eliason makes the case for designing buildings with a single stair, or a Point Access Block.

Researchers at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, at the University of the Basque Country, employed a Linkam THMS600 in the study of the phase transition of plattnerite [ß-PbO2 lead (IV) oxide]-based historical painting.

Some planners in Virginia are looking at new ways to diversify housing types that can be built in the state, including authorizing single staircase buildings up to six stories.

This Earth Day, we show how city councils and mayors have stepped up to boldly decarbonize in the face of national government inaction.

Building cities that are both denser and more ecofriendly would have major benefits for our planet.