When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

In this age of megastorms, visionary designers around the world are taking clever advantage of the chance to rethink what they rebuild. Here’s how the smartest places are finding surprising ...

Set in Panajachel, Guatemala, Taking Flight follows Ingrid Villaseñor, a Maya leader who builds a school that provides meals, education, and family programming for children from low-income households.

The couple who own the Swiss ski resort bar where at least 40 people have died and another 115 were injured broke cover ...

President Donald Trump is not the first president to want more room at the White House for entertaining, says the ...

A lawsuit filed Dec. 23 provides 75 examples of building plans seemingly in violation of fire safety regulations designed to ...

The Luthy Botanical Garden is hosting its annual poinsettia show, featuring festive Christmas decorations and dozens of ...

Housing options vary from relocating condemned houses, craning in factory builds and shopping plans from catalogs.

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what ...

Nepal is among the pioneering countries to deploy drones on a large scale following major disasters. In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake, drones were deployed for damage assessment and emergency ...

Shigetaka Hirosato, Board Director and President of Off-Grid Field Co., Ltd., founded the company out of a desire to transform conditions at construction sites, and Takahisa Yashiro of Hitachi ...