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The 2,500-year-old bracket that protects China’s Forbidden City against earthquakes

The presence of earthquakes in China has resulted in timber-framing practices that put European design to shame....

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New indestructible bridge design was directly inspired by nature

The job of structural engineers around the world is arguably getting more difficult. Many urban centers are experiencing...

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Handsome earthquake-resistant school uses natural cooling in Thailand

The and energy-efficient Baan Huay Sarn Yaw School is a long rectangular volume comprising three large classrooms,...

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This floating survival shelter rises above floods

The alarming pace of rising sea levels has inspired designers Zhou Ying and Niu Yuntao to create a floating emergency...

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Solar-powered Re-ainbow center helps Vietnamese community adapt to climate change

The building, called RE-Ainbow, which is coined from re-use and rainbow, is located in the Duc Tho district of...

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INTERVIEW: HOK’s Yann Weymouth Discusses Designing the Hurricane-Resistant Salvador Dalí Museum

This article was originally published in October of 2011. Earlier this year we reported on the opening of the...

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Could 3D Printing be the Future of Earthquake-Proof Building?

Architecture is tapping into 3D printing technology in a major way through the production of building elements...

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INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Water Architect Koen Olthuis on Floating Buildings & Hydro-Cities

Architect Koen Olthuis of Waterstudio.nl has been fascinating the Inhabitat editors for years with his innovative...

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Physicist Wants to Build 1,000-Foot Walls to Prevent Tornadoes from Destroying the Midwest

Temple University physicist Rongjia Tao wants to build massive 1,000-foot high, 165-foot thick walls around the...

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Remistudio’s Massive Floating Ark Battles Rising Tides

The Ark concept, which Remistudio designed in connection with the International Union of Architects’ program...

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Tentsile Treehouse Tents Provide a Safe Haven in the Treetops!

Tentsile is a portable habitation unit that can be suspended amidst trees to provide accommodation for three people....

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Noah’s Ark is a Sustainable Floating City for a Post-Apocalyptic World

Aleksandar Joksimovic and Jelena Nikolic are from Serbia and designed Noah's Ark, a sustainable floating city,...

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Clever Backpack and Tent Hybrid Shelters Nomads and Homeless People

Urban Rough Sleepers is the perfect for those who want to hit the road and leave their busy lives behind them. A...

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Resilient Design: Is Resilience the New Sustainability?

Ever since Hurricane Sandy wrought havoc on the East Coast, ‘resilient design’ has been a hot topic of conversation...

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Shigeru Ban Unveils Beautiful Cardboard Pavilion at Abu Dhabi Art Fair

The Abu Dhabi Art Fair commissioned cardboard master Ban to design a temporary mobile pavilion, which was just...

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Biolite Infographic Shows the 3 Ps of Preparedness for Emergency Situations

BioLite knows a thing or two about emergency preparedness. The Brooklyn-based company was on the front lines during...

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Venice’s $7 Billion Moses Flood-Protection System Passes its First Test

Venice just successfully tested its ambitious $7 billion flood-protection project for the first time. The Moses...

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H&P Architects’ Blooming Bamboo Home in Vietnam Can Withstand Severe Weather

In Vietnam, the weather can often be severe and unpredictable—from storms to sweeping floods to landslides and...

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Juan Castanos’ Amphibious Home Is Designed to be Self-Sustaining Even in Flood Condtitions

With global warming driving the melting of glaciers, researchers predict a sharp rise in sea levels that could...

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Sea Creatures and Dinosaurs Inspire a Virtually Indestructible Home in Berkeley, California

People who live in Berkeley, California are certainly used to seeing some strange things on the streets of their...

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Shigeru Ban’s Temporary Cardboard Cathedral Breaks Ground in New Zealand

The structure - known as the Transitional Cathedral - will be the largest temporary building to date designed by...

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A Prototype of the AbleNook Rapidly Deployable Emergency Modular Living Unit is Now Complete

AbleNook was designed by Sean Verdecia and Jason Ross as part of an architecture project while at the University...

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Konbit Super-Adobe Shelters are Helping a Rural Haitian Village Rebuild

In January 2010, this group of artists, builders, architects, and engineers asked themselves how they could use...

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How We Can Strengthen America’s Infrastructure Against Future Natural Disasters

Photo by NYC DOT New York is one of the world’s great cities - and when it was brought to a standstill by...

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Six Flood-Proof Buildings That Can Survive Rising Tides

Floods often come up quickly with almost no warning, so it's imperative to have safe and secure designs, especially...

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Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate Asnate Bockis Makes Lifesaving Furnishings to Stay Afloat

In the wake of the recent hurricane, the significance of disaster management products is increasing steadily, and...

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The Sustainable Disaster Recovery Conference Comes to St. Louis on Oct 29

Natural disasters are physically, socially, and psychologically devastating to a town. It can be extremely difficult...

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Help Greensburg GreenTown Finish its Meadowlark Eco-Demonstration Home

Greensburg GreenTown, a non-profit organization in Greensburg, KS, has launched a fundraising campaign to finish...

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MIT’s Carbon Nanotube Pencil Draws Delicate Sensors onto Paper

Carbon nanotube sensors are a new must-have in contaminated areas, providing the ability to detect harmful gases...

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The Indlovu Centre is a Fireproof & Bulletproof Community Building in South Africa

Reconstruction of the Indluvo Centre began in 2009 when Architects Without Frontiers went to assess the community's...

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