Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

There’s a particular quality to the light in Taos, New Mexico, late in the afternoon. It falls across walls of sand-colored earth with an almost amber warmth, making centuries-old buildings look ...

ALTADENA, California (Reuters) - Marialyce Pedersen stood in a white Tyvek suit on her Altadena, California, lot leveled by this month's wildfires. Her house was reduced to ash that spilled into the ...