That’s why, decades later, Sweis made fire resistance a key focus of her architecture ... let’s build this out of concrete block,” she says. “It’s not your typical home, certainly ...

A home made with concrete is clearly fire resistant, but in Paradise where the Camp Fire destroyed 90% of the town's homes, a house made with hay is also groundbreaking in its ability to resist fire.

By adding nanoparticles, concrete can become stronger, more durable, self-healing, air-purifying, fire-resistant, easy to clean, and compact more quickly. The Jubilee Church in Rome, built with ...

It comes with 10-foot buffers between homes, flame-resistant vents, noncombustible gutters and fake window shutters made of concrete. Dixon Trail is in a rural, fire-prone area, roughly five miles ...