Burning Man’s 70,000 Attendees Are Descending Upon a Fire Evacuation Zone

Typically, in the month before Burning Man, the annual weeklong festival that takes place in the northern Nevada desert, Andy “Lost Machine” Tibbetts is in his happy place, a vast Reno-area maker space called the Generator, welding together some of t... More »

Inside the ‘Cultlike’ Quest To Find the Rare Wood Needed To Restore Midcentury Modern Homes

When Sophia deDomenico moved into a historic Eichler home in Thousand Oaks, CA, the interior architect and designer knew she wanted to restore its original glory using authentic materials wherever possible. What she didn't expect, however, was how the search for the lauan mahogany plywood panels and

Colleges Are Closing Dorms—This Town Wants To Turn Them Into Housing

Roughly 3,000 dorm beds at four universities identified by Realtor.com® are being closed, left vacant, or demolished in 2026 as colleges grapple with falling enrollment and weaker demand for campus housing. Those changes are emerging just as the traditional college-age pipeline is poised to shrink.

“The Crooked E” and manufactured housing: Evidence of systemic failures and corruption

The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) consolidation thesis