August 29, 2005—was a full-tilt catastrophe, even after it weakened from a Category 5 storm and plowed ashore near New ...

These urban family homes, I soon learned, were made possible by the perimeter block (aka courtyard block)—a building form ...

This article was meant to be an update on the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that wiped away some 13,000 homes in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Altadena, the Pacific Palisades, and my ...