When one thinks of designing buildings to better withstand earthquakes, materials like flexible concrete may come to mind. However, a group of researchers led by engineer John van der Lindt from ...

El Jardín Anatole in Mexico City by Dellekamp + Schleich (DAFdf) is a case study in cross laminated timber (CLT) design. (Rafael Gamo) The facade boldly expresses the timber material palette. (Rafael ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners approved a distinctive new look for the Burnside Bridge on Thursday as officials prepare to earthquake-proof the 98-year-old structure by 2031. The project ...

No matter how beautiful architecture can be, the forces of nature can instantly reduce even the most majestic buildings to rubble. Architects thus have an obligation to create designs that are not ...

The Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects won the competition to design the New Central Library in Christchurch, New Zealand, which will replace the old building damaged by devastating ...

(CNN) — Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full ...

Cressall Resistors has designed a resistor that operates at 132kV and can withstand a high-voltage impulse of up to 650kV. Furthermore, because it’s intended for use in Australia, it can survive an ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. [JAKARTA] A project to design earthquake-proof homes in the developing world has won a US$100,000 ...

Rolls-Royce SMR, the company tasked with building the next generation of nuclear reactors in ...

ON May 7, 1940, Mr. D. Laugharne Thornton read a paper on “Earthquakes and Structures” to the Royal Society of Arts 1, in which he stressed the need for the co–operation of engineers and seismologists ...