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EarthquakesLatest Stories

Dancing on the Table

A ten-story, mass timber tower by LEVER Architecture underwent a shake test to investigate its seismic resiliency

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Human Disaster

Why were we caught unprepared by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake?

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New and Noteworthy

Daily digest: Buffalo Bills reveal more renderings for new stadium, stamps from USPS depict historic train stations, and more

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Building Failures

Did poor construction contribute to Turkey earthquake deaths?

Elevation of academic building
R&R

Paul Revere Williams’ UCLA building gets a refresh and retrofit from CO Architects

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Building Back Up

OMA’s stacked pedestrian bridge in Jojutla, Mexico, enters development

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Forces of Nature

Daily digest: Demolition permit filed for Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall, flooding damages Trump’s border wall, and more

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Going With The Floe

Perkins&Will reimagines an earthquake-battered Anchorage office building as a glacier-like landmark

Hollywood center, a massive mixed-use development with two towers surrounding a round office building
It's a New Millennium

Handel Architects’ Hollywood Center could be endangered by seismic faults

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Brick Beef

Portland yanks online database of unreinforced masonry buildings

An image of a large gray building with a sweeping concave roof on the water.
Shake It Up

Why doesn’t the U.S. design buildings to survive earthquakes?

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Earthquake-Proof Engineering

Seattle boosts building codes for high-rises after study deems them at risk

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MEXTRÓPOLI 2018

A Mexican pavilion offers space for post-earthquake renewal and reflection

Renzo Reconstruction

Renzo Piano to lead reconstruction efforts after Italian earthquake

Bracing Architecture

This three-sided concrete skyscraper can withstand earthquakes and stand for 2,500 years

Seismic hot spots and facade design: Experts explain the risks and rewards

30 Years in the making, land artist Alberto Burri’s Grande Cretto in Sicily finally complete

Shigeru Ban to help relief efforts in Nepal

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