After a series of devastating floods between 2015 and 2017, Charleston's Planning Department set out to make it easier for owners of historic homes to elevate their houses above the floodplain.

New research shows that elevation in an office building can increase someone's willingness to take financial risks because it makes people feel more powerful. People rely on financial managers ...

"But that is very difficult when you just see gray buildings ... takes the building out of its environment, and adds in a blue background. "The blue gives both contrast to white areas of the ...

That’s the goal of new legislation that would require many large new buildings in San Francisco to use gray water — waste water from baths, sinks and other kitchen appliances — for toilet ...