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LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Building Resilience

LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Wildfire survivors in Los Angeles now face a second blow: costly landslide safety mandates and soaring insurance premiums, threatening the future of generational neighborhoods. TBD's Richard Lawson reports.

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

Policy

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Architecture

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Leadership

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Architecture

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Demand to build homes with materials that can withstand the increasingly frequent and intense wildfires is growing. However, whether the permitting process can keep pace with the demand has become an increasingly-contested, and urgent issue.

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LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Building Resilience

LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Wildfire survivors in Los Angeles now face a second blow: costly landslide safety mandates and soaring insurance premiums, threatening the future of generational neighborhoods. TBD's Richard Lawson reports.

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

Policy

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Architecture

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Leadership

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Architecture

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Demand to build homes with materials that can withstand the increasingly frequent and intense wildfires is growing. However, whether the permitting process can keep pace with the demand has become an increasingly-contested, and urgent issue.

new home resiliency

LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Building Resilience 06.04.25

LA Rebuilds Come With Terrain, Code Costs Hiding In Plain Sight

Wildfire survivors in Los Angeles now face a second blow: costly landslide safety mandates and soaring insurance premiums, threatening the future of generational neighborhoods. TBD's Richard Lawson reports.

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

Policy 05.09.25

Building For Tomorrow Today: Neighborhood Scale Resilience

How IBHS’s Fred Malik and the FORTIFIED program are redefining risk, reshaping design, and restoring trust through science-backed, community-wide resilience. Malik takes a deep dive into the issues and implications for builders with contributor Richard Lawson.

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Architecture 04.11.25

Florida Condo Project Sets Resilience Benchmark Early

Contributing writer Richard Lawson explores the challenges – and an urgent lane of future-proof opportunity for residential developers – in an exclusive interview with John Farina, president of U.S. Development.

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Leadership 03.27.25

Fire-Ready Future Forward: KB Home Builds Hardened Homes At Scale

Escondido, CA-area’s Dixon Trail becomes the nation’s first IBHS-certified Wildfire Prepared Neighborhood—fusing resilience, affordability, and innovation into a new model for community design.

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Architecture 03.06.25

Building Back L.A.: Fast-Track Permits That Build In Resiliency

Demand to build homes with materials that can withstand the increasingly frequent and intense wildfires is growing. However, whether the permitting process can keep pace with the demand has become an increasingly-contested, and urgent issue.