and five types of roof coverings: asphalt or fiberglass shingles, concrete or clay tile, metal, and two flat-roof styles — built up or membrane — more commonly used in commercial buildings.

Coppell ISD is set to save over $10 million on a 2023 bond project at Coppell High School. The district originally allocated ...

California does have fairly good fire-prevention measures and requirements in its building codes. One of the most important ...

Many tourists in the rental homes had planned special events and relaxing getaways, but unexpectedly ended up in shelters or ...

Collective Architecture has completed Phase 1 of a scheme aiming to reconnect and help regenerate the former shipbuilding ...

a board-formed concrete wall extends beyond the porch and curves outward toward the forest. The central corridor serves as "the hearth of the home [and was] engineered by designing the flat roofs ...

Architectural changes have not altered the cultural norms, values, habits and behaviours attached to Xhosa rondavels.

As we see the devastation in the Los Angeles Basin, many wonder if Utah could experience a similar wildfire event. My experiences as a wildland firefighter and work with Utah State University ...

The hacking is part of re-roofing ... the concrete. This would require removing false ceilings. As for residents’ reports of leaks, Mr Lu said water leaking from an exterior wall into a flat ...

American photojournalist Richard Bickel recently completed his 15th trip to Cuba on the heels of a natural disaster and a ...

The expanses of flat roof collected snow and rain, causing leaks. The concrete façade eroded in chunks, showing the steel skeleton underneath streaked with rust. When the 1978 Durfee was torn ...

Donald Trump has promised to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine, but Russian troops have already booby-trapped the ...