A conceptual wildfire detection system powered by renewable energy and composed of recycled Samsung smartphones has been named the winner of the Re:Create Design Challenge. More about Wildfire detection concept wins Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge
A team of scientists from universities in the United States have developed a silicon-based coating that can help stop the spread of fires by preventing materials coming in contact with flame. More about US scientists develop "nanoscale" coating to combat spread of fires
Researchers at Aalto University have developed an AI model that can predict the best way to prevent wildfires. More about AI model by Aalto University team can predict how to prevent wildfires
As wildfires exacerbated by climate change wreak increasing havoc around the world, Greg Kochanowski argues it's time for a different approach. More about "The design professions are not stepping up to address the wildfires problem"
American designer Suzie McMurtry has developed a mushroom-spore dispenser that is automatically triggered during a wildfire so the fungi can detoxify the soil after a blaze. More about Suzie McMurtry designs mycelium "spore cannon" to regenerate soil after wildfires
Architecture firm AB Design Studio has remodelled and expanded a 1950s home that sits on a boulder-studded property in California. More about Quarry House in California receives extensive renovation by AB Design Studio
The angular forms of this mountaintop retreat in British Columbia by Omar Gandhi Architect are based on the attributes of a mountain beetle, with a hardened shell to resist the site's "desolate" conditions. More about Omar Gandhi models fire-resistant residence in Canada on a mountain beetle
Non-combustible materials form the exterior of a cabin near Lake Tahoe that was designed by US studio Faulkner Architects to withstand wildfires and serve as a "base camp" for an active family. More about Wildfires influence design of Campout House in northern California
Self-taught architectural designer Marc Gerritsen has completed a sculptural, metal-clad house for himself in northern Colorado that is designed to endure storms and wildfires. More about Marc Gerritsen wraps MAAD Peak house in weathering steel
Californian practice Prowl Studio and textile label Byborre are showcasing 3D-knitted textiles informed by Californian wildfires at the Exposure Therapy exhibition during Milan design week. More about Prowl and Byborre 3D-knit images of Californian wildfires into seating upholstery
Architecture studio Perkins&Will has used structural insulated panels and mass timber to create a series of A-framed cabins and a dining hall at a California campground that was partly destroyed by wildfire. More about Perkins&Will reimagines Camp Lakota after fire in southern California
American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. More about Frederick Fisher creates stucco buildings for California school hit by wildfire
Steel siding and non-combustible roof boards are among the fire-proofing features at a one-bedroom residence in Boulder, Colorado, which US firm Renée del Gaudio Architecture designed to survive a wildfire. More about Wildfires inform design of Colorado's Goatbarn Lane by Renée del Gaudio
Australian studio Nielsen Jenkins has completed a "tough" family home with lush green courtyards protected from extreme bushfires by high blockwork walls. More about Nielsen Jenkins designs Brisbane home to withstand bushfires
Over 100 Australian architecture studios have formed an organisation called Architects Assist, which will provide pro-bono design services to people affected by Australia's bushfire crisis. More about Australian architects offer pro-bono design services to those impacted by bushfire crisis
Weathering steel, concrete and glass were used to form this asymmetrical dwelling by Mork-Ulnes Architects that is nudged into a hillside overlooking a verdant, rolling valley in a wildfire-prone area in northern California's Sonoma County. More about Mork-Ulnes uses Corten steel to protect Triple Barn residence in California from wildfires
Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by wildfire. More about Mork-Ulnes designs Ridge House to endure wildfires in northern California's wine country
Set in a patch of dense coastal bushland on the Palm Beach peninsula just north of Sydney, this weekend residence by architect Glenn Murcutt is armoured in blackened zinc panels to defend it from wildfires. More about Glenn Murcutt covers bushland home in zinc panels to protect it against wildfires