Next City reports on Seattle's single-stair housing reform, promoting affordable living while addressing safety concerns amid urban density challenges.

Your front steps rarely get the same attention as your kitchen or living room, yet they are one of the few places every guest, delivery driver, and family member has to use. When a porch step starts ...

Fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re more than a ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Stairway to havin' (more housing): Gov. Maura ...

Moving a piano isn’t like moving a sofa. Your piano is a finely tuned, incredibly complex machine. A wrong move isn’t just a ding on the finish; it could mean internal damage to the soundboard or ...

In her quest to bring down housing costs, Governor Maura Healey has turned over many stones in search of solutions, from zoning requirements to environmental review to building on state-owned land.

The recent emergence of multilingual large language models (LLMs) is revolutionizing natural language processing, bridging communication gaps across diverse cultures and languages. However, to truly ...

We present a novel approach to generate large-scale, high-resolution canopy height maps over time. Our model accurately predicts canopy height over multiple years given Sentinel-1 composite and ...

A Canadian megamansion that’s been featured on the TV series “Suits” has sold for C$8.5 million (US$6.26 million). The opulent interior of the Mississauga, Ontario, home can be spotted in the show’s ...