LINK TO: International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Conservation, Analysis, and Restoration
New for 2007: Published By: Taylor &
Francis, Volume Number: 1, Frequency: 4 issues per year
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Articles by Randolph Langenbach on the subject of
EARTHQUAKES AND TRADITIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
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 2012 |
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Haiti in 2010 the next Tangshan in 1976:
Heritage Structures Reveal the Hidden Truth about Risk and
Resilience during the Haiti Earthquake,
Proceedings of the ICOMOS Scientific Symposium on 'Reducing
Risks to Cultural Heritage from Natural and Human-Caused
Disasters, Beijing, China, 31 October, 2012.
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2011 (1) |
Keynote Address Paper:
Ancient Construction Technologies that can Protect Modern
Buildings From Collapse in Earthquakes, Proceedings
of CICOP Pre-conference of the of the Biennale of the
Architectural and Urban Spaces (BRAU), The 4th International
Conference on Hazards and Modern Heritage, Sarajevo,
Bosnia, June
13-16, 2011. 0.6MB |
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Keynote Address Extended Abstract:
Back to the Future: Lessons from the Past for a more
Earthquake-Resistant City, Proceedings of BNCA
Healthy Cities International Conference, Pune, India, February 2011, 1
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2010 (3) |
‘Earthquake
Resistant Traditional Construction’ is Not an Oxymoron: The
Resilience of Timber and Masonry Structures in the Himalayan
Region and Beyond, and its Relevance to Heritage
Preservation in Bhutan, The Royal Government
of Bhutan's International Conference on Disaster
Management and Cultural Heritage: “Living in Harmony with
the Four Elements" Proceedings, Thimpu, Bhutan, 12-14-December 2010.
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2010 (2) |
Keynote Address paper: Rescuing
the Baby from the Bathwater:
Traditional Masonry as Earthquake-Resistant Construction,
, 8th
International Masonry Conference,
Dresden Germany, July, 2010. |
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2010 (1) |
Keynote Address paper:
Better
than Steel? The
use of timber for large and tall buildings from Ancient
Times until the Present. MiniSymposium on Building Tall
Buildings with Wood,
International Conference on Structures and Architecture,
Guimarães, Portugal, July, 2010
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2008 (3) |
Learning
from the Past to Protect the Future: Armature Crosswalls,
Engineering Structures, Elsevier. Vol. 30, No. 8,
August 2008, pp 2096-2100 |
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2008 (2) |
Building
Tall with Timber, A Paean to Wood Construction,
Structural Engineering
International (SEI), Journal of the International
Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE),
Volume 18, N. 2, May, 2008, pp 130-132. |
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2008 (1) |
Resisting
Earth’s Forces: Typologies of Timber Buildings in History,
Structural Engineering
International (SEI), Journal of the International
Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE),
Volume 18, N. 2, May, 2008, pp 137-140. |
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2007 (2) |
Keynote Address paper,
Preventing
Pancake Collapses: Lessons from
Earthquake-Resistant Traditional Construction for Modern
Buildings of Reinforced Concrete, INDIA CHAPTER OF
AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE, Mumbai, India, 2007 |
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2007 (1) |
From “Opus Craticium” to the “Chicago Frame,” Earthquake
Resistant Traditional Construction,
International Journal of Architectural Heritage, Taylor &
Francis, Vol. I: p29-59, 2007 (Invited paper for the
Inaugural Issue of the Journal).
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2006 (4) |
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2006 (3) | PREVENTING
PANCAKE COLLAPSES: Lessons from Earthquake-Resistant
Traditional Construction for Modern Buildings of Reinforced
Concrete, Proceedings of the 2006 ICCROM Special
Workshop on the Integration of traditional knowledge systems
and cultural heritage into risk management, at the
International Disaster Reduction Conference (IDRC), Davos,
Switzerland, August, 2006. (3MB)
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2006 (2) | 2006, Co-authors: Randolph Langenbach, Khalid
Mosalam, Sinan Akarsu, Alberto Dusi;
ARMATURE CROSSWALLS: A Proposed Methodology to Improve the
Seismic Performance of Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete
Infill Frame Structures, 8th U.S. National
Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8NCEE), San Francisco
1906 anniversary, San Francisco, California, USA,
April 2006.
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2006 (1) | 2006
"SAGA OF THE HALF-TIMBERED SKYSCRAPER: What
Does Half-Timbered Construction have to do with the Chicago
Frame," Proceedings of the Second International Congress on
Construction History, Cambridge University, UK, 2006 |
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2005 (5) | 2005
SURVEY REPORT ON NORTHERN KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE OF OCTOBER 8,
2005 FROM THE INDIAN KASHMIR SIDE OF THE LINE OF CONTROL,
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Reconnaissance Report, Oakland, California, 2005. This
report was prepared after a brief visit to the damage
district on the Indian side three weeks following the
earthquake. |
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2005 (4) | 2005 "ARMATURE CROSSWALLS, How pre-modern
construction practices may hold the key to avoiding the
collapse of vulnerable urban housing blocks, Joint US-India
Symposium on Urban Housing and Infrastructure in New Delhi,
India, October, 2005. |
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2005 (3) | 2005 "COLLAPSE
FROM THE INSIDE-OUT, The Impact of the 2003 Bam, Iran
Earthquake on the Earthen Architecture of the Arg-e Bam,"
Proceedings, SismoAdobe2005: International Seminar on
Earthen Buildings in Seismic Areas, Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru, 2005. (1.6 MB) |
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2005 (2) | 2005
"Performance
of the Earthen Arg-e-Bam (Bam Citadel) during the 2003 Bam,
Iran, Earthquake," EERI Earthquake Spectra, Special
Issue on Bam, Iran Earthquake 1, Vol. 21, December 2005. (3
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2005 (1) |
2005 "EARTHQUAKE AND THE CITADEL,"
in Mina Marefat, Editor, Architecture & Disaster:
Guiding Sustainable Reconstruction, pre-publication page
proofs of a book reporting on the International Conference
and Architectural Design Studio on Bam at the Library of
Congress, and the Catholic University of America, 2005. (700
kb) (This is an edited transcript of a lecture in
the Bam) |
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2004 (5) | 2004
“Soil Dynamics and the Earthquake Destruction of the
Arg-e Bam,” Iranian Journal of Seismology and
Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, Special Issue on 26 December 2003 Bam Earthquake, 2004,
Volume 5:#4 & Volume 6:#1 (900
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2004 (3) | 2004 “The Earthquake Resistance of Timber and Masonry Buildings in Turkey,” co-author with Polat Gulkan, Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, August, 2004. (1.1 MG) | |
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2004 (2) | 2004, “On the Cross of Sant’ Andrea,The Response to the Tragedy in San Giuliano di Puglia," co-author with Alberto Dusi, Earthquake Spectra, EERI, Spring, 2004. (600 KB) | ||
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2004 (1) | 2004 “Masonry Building Performance in the Molise Earthquake,” co-author with Luis Decanini, Adriano De Sortis, Agostino Goretti, Fabrizio Mollaioli, and Alessandro Rasulo, Earthquake Spectra, EERI, Spring, 2004. (800 KB) | ||
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2003 (3) |
2003: , “THE INTEGRITY OF STRUCTURE: The Armature of our Architectural Heritage," CHS NEWSLETTER, No. 67, December 2003, London, Construction History Society. (Edited and republished from Proceedings of the 2002 ICOMOS General Assembly, Madrid, 2002.)
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2003 (2) | 2003, “CROSSWALLS" INSTEAD OF SHEARWALLS: A Proposed Research Project for the Retrofit of Vulnerable Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Earthquake Areas based on Traditional Hımış Construction," Proceedings of the Turkish Fifth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, 26-30 May, 2003. (1.6 MG) | ||
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2003 (1) | 2003, "SURVIVORS AMONGST THE RUBBLE: Traditional Timber-laced Masonry Buildings that Survived the Great 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey and the 2001 Earthquake in India, While Modern Buildings Fell," Proceedings of the International Congress on Construction History, Madrid, Spain, 2003. (1.1 MG) | ||
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2002 (3) | 2002 "SURVIVORS AMONG THE RUINS: Traditional Houses in Earthquakes in Turkey and India," APT Bulletin, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2&3, Association for Preservation Technology, 2002. | ||
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2002 (2) | 2002, "Survivors in the
Midst of
Devastation, A
Comparative
Assessment of
Traditional
Timber and
Masonry
Construction in
Seismic Areas,"
Proceedings
of the Seventh
U.S. National
Conference on
Earthquake
Engineering,
(7NCEE), EERI,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, July
21-25, 2002. (520kb PDF) |
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2002 (1) |
2002, "A Rich Heritage
Lost:
Observations on
the Effects of
the Bhuj
Earthquake,"
Seismological
Research Letters,
Volume 73, No.2,
March/April
2002. (750kb
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2001 (1) |
2001, "A RICH HERITAGE
LOST, The Bhuj,
India,
Earthquake,"
CRM
[Cultural
Resource
Management]
Magazine,
Volume 24, No.
8, 2001, US
National Park
Service,
October, 2001.
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2000 (3) |
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2000 (2) |
2000, KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Intuition
From The Past:
What Can We
Learn From
Traditional
Construction,”
to be
delivered at the
International
Conference: Earthquake-Safe:
Lessons To Be
Learned From
Traditional
Construction,
Istanbul,
Turkey, November
15-18,
2000.
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1998, "Architectural
Issues in the Seismic
Rehabilitation of Masonry
Buildings," in Disaster
Management Programs for Historic
Sites, Dirk Spennemann and
David Look, Editors, U.S. National
Park Service/APT/Charles Sturt
University, 1998.
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| 1997 (1) |
1997, “Life Safety and Historic Masonry in Earthquake Country; Balancing the Objectives in the Seismic Rehabilitation of Historic Masonry Buildings,” Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, (SDEE’97), Istanbul, Turkey, July, 1997. |
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1994, "Public Policy Vs. Seismic Design: Cost And Performance Criteria For Seismic Rehabilitation Of Unreinforced Masonry Infill Frame Buildings", Proceedings of the NCEER Workshop on Seismic Response of Masonry Infills, NCEER, March 1, 1994 |
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1994, "Architectural Issues In The Seismic Rehabilitation Of Masonry Buildings," US-Italian Workshop on Guidelines for Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings, Pavia, Italy , June, 1994. |
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1992 (1) |
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1991 (2) |
1991, “The Seismic Strengthening of the Pardee Home Museum” co-author with Sven Thomasen, Engineer, N.P.S. Conference on the Seismic Strengthening of Historic Buildings Proceedings, San Francisco, Ca., October, 1991 |
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1991 (1) | 1991, “Soft” Energy Dissipating Design for the Seismic Strengthening of Masonry Infill Frame Midrise Buildings: The Woodrow Hotel, Oakland”, co-author with James Kelley, U.C. Berkeley, N.P.S. Conference on the Seismic Strengthening of Historic Buildings Proceedings, San Francisco, California, USA., October, 1991 | ||
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1990, “Technology and Public Policy following the Loma Prieta Earthquake”, The 1st International Conference on the Planning and Management of the Building Process in Europe '92 Proceedings, sponsored by: the Ordine Degli Ingegneri Della Provincia di Roma, Rome, Italy, March, 1990.
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1990 (1) |
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1989, “Traditional Unreinforced Masonry in Seismic Areas & The Loma Prieta Earthquake”, International Technical Conference on Structural Conservation of Stone Masonry, Athens, Greece, sponsored by: ICCROM, the National Technical University of Athens, & the Greek Ministry of Culture, Oct. 1989. |
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1989, "Traditional Construction Practices Utilizing Unreinforced Masonry in Seismic Areas," Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Working Paper Series, Vol XVII, Berkeley, CEDR, 1989. p107-119. |
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1989, "Learning from the Past: Traditional and Contemporary Unreinforced Masonry in Seismic Areas," Proceedings of the International Technical Conference on Structural Conservation of Stone Masonry, (Peer reviewed publication) Athens, Greece, ICCROM, National Technical University of Athens, & Greek Ministry of Culture, Oct. 1989. |
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1989 (1) | 1989, "Bricks, Mortar, and Earthquakes, Historic Preservation vs. Earthquake Safety," APT Bulletin, The Journal of Preservation Technology, The Association for Preservation Technology International, XXI, 3&4, Sept. 1989. OLIVER TORREY FULLER AWARD ARTICLE, 1990. | ||
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1987, "Traditional Masonry and Contemporary Reinforced Concrete Frame with Infill Wall Construction in Seismic Areas," Proceedings, Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, New Zealand, Vol 2, pp 129-37. |
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1987, "Masonry as a Ductile Material: Traditional and Contemporary Construction Practices Utilizing Unreinforced Masonry in Seismic Areas," Proceedings: Fourth North American Masonry Conference, Masonry Society, Los Angeles, California, USAVol I, pp 33.1 - 33.14 |
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