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Wildfires, Climate Change, and the Architecture of Resilience

SW Oregon Architect

Adding to the complexity, many homeowners in the affected areas recently lost their insurance coverage. State Farm, one of the largest insurers in California, canceled hundreds of homeowners' policies last summer in Pacific Palisades and other high-risk areas.

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The fundamental 'BIM mismatch' between architects and contractors discussed at Harvard roundtable

Archinect

But providing them carries a high level of risk for architects, and as a result their attorneys and professional liability insurers often caution against it, despite the potential overall benefits for the project and all parties involved.

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Oliver Wainwright: better urban strategies must come from L.A.'s ashes

Archinect

Ironically, it might be the inability of the insurance industry to pay up that finally forces LA to change. [As] the former head of the federal emergency management agency, Craig Fugate, has said: “A house that gets destroyed is not an affordable home.” ” It’s not a sustainable one either.

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Weakened North Carolina building codes jeopardized property after Hurricane Helene

Archinect

Compounding the recovery process for homeowners is the fact that most did not own flood insurance policies. Both it and the related House Bill 488 were supported by the North Carolina Home Builders Association, echoing issues that came to the fore in Kentucky after a string of devastating tornadoes there three years ago.

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Utah Valley University students help Eaton Fire victims with design expertise

Archinect

This will give them a really good, scaled drawing of what they had so that they can hopefully get what they deserve from their insurance companies." offers waivers to homeowners affected by wildfires to access to their building plans

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City of London approves record-tying skyscraper design from Eric Parry Architects

Archinect

As was first reported by The Guardian , "On completion, 1 Undershaft, which is being built on the site occupied by insurer Aviva’s former headquarters, will provide almost 13% of the office space required in the City of London to 2040." Image: DBOX/Eric Parry Architects Image: DBOX/Eric Parry Architects

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Iwan Baan photos reveal "unevenness in the rate of recovery" following LA fires

Deezen

Differences in pollution levels and insurance reimbursements have led to uneven rebuilding Since the fire, the Army Corps of Engineers has cleared much of the debris away. Inaba attributed this to the differences in insurance claims between different property owners.