What do stairs have to do with California’s housing crisis? More than you might think, says this Culver City councilmember.

In late September, the Culver City Council unanimously voted to pass a guarantee that developers can build up to six stories ...

They’re a good idea, but they’re not going to liberate us from capitalism. Abundant light? Gotta be single-stair.(Shutterstock) If you’ve been around architecture and urbanism circles for the last few ...

Virginia’s next building code update isn’t until 2027, but state lawmakers are already proactively thinking about ways it could be tweaked to help foster development on vacant or underutilized urban ...

Requiring two stairs, as on lift, limits layout options for multi0-family buildings as compared to single stair, as shown at right. Pew Charitable Trust illustration. Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...

If your stair railing is old, dysfunctional, not to code, or simply not to your taste, you may have considered changing it ...

As Sean Jursnick traveled through Europe, he marveled at its buildings. The Denver-based architect was particularly struck by a type of development that’s largely illegal in the United States: taller ...

Explanation: Section 300.25 of the NEC limits wiring within exit stair enclosures to only what is necessary to serve equipment associated with the stair enclosure. This is a new requirement in the ...

A move allowing single-stair exits in five-story buildings is being negated by extremely restrictive fire department staffing ...

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