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Building Conservation Technology

A web publishing site of the work of Randolph Langenbach, with related works in the field of Building Conservation

and Disaster Recovery

 

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In Bhuj, India, 2001

 

Randolph Langenbach

M-Arch (Harvard), Dipl.Conservation (York, England)

 

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Free streaming video of Randolph Langenbach's lecture on November 19, 2008 at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California.

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION:
Timber and Masonry Earthquake Resistant Construction before the Age of Steel and Reinforced Concrete


Just Published by UNESCO in India
* a USA edition will be available soon *

Don't Tear It Down! 
Preserving the Earthquake Resistant Vernacular Architecture of Kashmir

150 pages of text and photographs

For more information, see:
www.traditional-is-modern.net


ARMATURE CROSSWALL PROJECT

An Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Proposal for Vulnerable Reinforced Concrete Buildings based on the Performance of Traditional Timber and Masonry Infill-wall Construction


PUERTO PLATA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Video Presentations
En Español and English

The
"Walkway to the Sea"
A Town Planning Proposal for Puerto Plata CENTRO HISTÓRICO
A self-running PowerPoint "Movie"

CHOCOLATERA
2003 - 2007
Abandoned Chocolate Factory in
Puerto Plata to become an Arts Center.


2007
AFGHANISTAN:  KABUL RESTORATION

Turquoise Mountain Foundation & the Restoration of Murad Khane, a surviving piece of old Kabul 

 


2004
IRAN:  BAM EARTHQUAKE of 2004

Soil Dynamics and the Earthquake Destruction of the Arg-e Bam 
 


2002-2003

American Academy in Rome

Rome Prize Projects

 

1) The "PIRANESI PROJECT"

 

2) Papers on Traditional Construction in Earthquake Areas

 

3) Paper on "Integrity of Structure" for ICOMOS,General Assembly


January 26,2001

EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA

UNESCO

MISSION TO INDIA

 

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UNESCO - ICOMOS CONFERENCE

EARTHQUAKE-SAFE: Lessons to be Learned from Traditional Construction

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, November,2000

 

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SITES WITHIN THE

UNITED STATES


World Trade Center 2, BEFORE

WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK CITY

Tuesday , September 11, 2001

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NISQUALLY EARTHQUAKE OF 28 FEB. 2001

State of Washington, USA

 

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LINKS TO

 RELATED

 information


 India


INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Survey and Reports on Bhuj Earthquake damage

 Turkey


A PROVISION MODEL AND DESIGN GUIDELINES
FOR
PERMANENT POST-DISASTER HOUSING IN RURAL AREAS OF TURKEY BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ÇANKIRI

Neşe Dikmen, A "Building Science in Architecture" PhD Dissertation for the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences of Middle East Technical University, 2005

   

UNITED STATES


FEMA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

   
2007 LINKS
to
FEMA Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Preparedness
Documents of

General Interest

(Culled specifically for the
Dominican Republic)

Links to
Red Cross Documents
en Español

WWW.QUAKEINFO.ORG
Hazard Mitigation information for the homeowner

 

MAPS OF ROME

   

 

 

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