[ExI] Rebuild Los Angeles With Ultra High Strength Concrete

[BillK]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 at 21:57, Darin Sunley via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> At last! We can build the Caves of Steel from Isaac Asimov's seminal science fiction novel, "The Caves of Steel are Awful". :D
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That's what architects are designing now for fire risk areas.
But they are trying to make concrete design attractive.
BillK

<https://www.fastcompany.com/91260499/no-shrubs-and-lots-of-concrete-this-is-what-a-fire-resistant-house-looks-like>
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No shrubs and lots of concrete: This is what a fire-resistant house looks like
There’s no such thing as a fire-proof house, but certain design
choices can help protect a home during a wildfire.
By Nate Berg    15 Jan 2025

She designs homes that set out, from the start, to do away with many
of the physical features that make older homes susceptible to fire,
from combustible materials to tinderbox landscaping to building forms
that practically lure in flying embers. “We need to stop building like
it’s 1970,” she says.
Building like it’s 2025, it seems, means building for fire in Southern
California. While there’s no such thing as a fireproof house, there
are ways to design buildings that help them resist fire, even amid
uncontained infernos.
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