Learning from Fire: A Fire Protection Primer for Architects

This study represents a new and promising approach to the fire question - an approach in which the issue of fire safety is taken as an opportunity for the designer. The members of the Architecture Life Safety Group (of the University of California) have taken the position that the protection of life and property from the devastation of fire is a significant and exciting architectural problem, the solution of which is an important element in the achievement of a humane, useful and attractive environment.