The recent earthquake in Taiwan pushed me to take a closer look at building planning. This article will give you a fundamental understanding of ground motions from an earthquake.

Suburban shopping malls have thrived since the 1950s due to societal changes. 70 years after their first boom, many malls have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. This article gives you another look at our existing shopping malls.

The concept of “adaptive housing“ sounds simple, but how can we adapt to these units technically without altering much of the existing condition and meeting our modern code simultaneously?

“Adaptive housing“ is considered a demand side of strategy to bring down global emission. But where can we adapt when 70% of housing stock are single-family homes and nearly 30% of household is “one-person“?

The fiery explosion happened to an apartment complex in silver spring highlights a significant change in residential buildings permitted before 2009.

A deck is generally considered a construction associated with “public safety”. Thus, a building permit is required in most jurisdictions regardless of how high the deck is. Read more on how to plan a deck “fully“.

Sometimes, we might have concerns that the homeless population is growing. If we step back and look at homelessness with a broader lens, we might see the trend actually goes downwards. Here is why.