Vancouver city councillors have approved a motion to explore single stairs in buildings of up to six storeys in the city, in line with provincial building code changes passed earlier this year. The ...

San Diego is mulling a change to its building code that supporters say would spur more family-sized apartments with better natural lighting and ventilation. The change has to do with the longstanding ...

Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

After debating the package at length, Connecticut lawmakers late Wednesday night approved a bonding package that touches on borrowing for capital projects, higher education and concentrated poverty.

The way B.C. builds it's apartments could change in the coming years. This is thanks to policy makers in the province considering the integration of single-egress stairs in apartment buildings, also ...

The sleek 38-story Aura Condominium tower designed by Studio Daniel Libeskind in association with Stantec Architects will do more than change the Sacramento, Calif., skyline. The $124.5 million ...

In many an older house, the stairway appears to be something of an afterthought. In the days before building codes, stairs were often tucked into narrow holes that required the user to duck or risk a ...