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Seismic Safety: Architectural Innovations in Earthquake Zones

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Earthquakes are among the most unpredictable and devastating natural phenomena, testing the resilience of the built environment and the ingenuity of architects and engineers. Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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Gensler completes Austin's tallest skyscraper

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It contains retail, office and residential floors According to Gensler, its design was shaped largely by Austin's Capitol View Corridor , zoning restrictions that require a clear sightline to the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Additional engineering Services: RWDI; Lerch Bates, Inc.

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Bates Smart creates "uniquely Australian" monolithic embassy in Washington DC

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Australian architecture studio Bates Smart has referenced Australia's emerging architectural culture and the "monolithic forms" of its landscape for the design of an embassy in Washington DC , cladding it with glass and copper. The building's main entrance is oriented south toward the White House.

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Rising Waters: 8 Innovative Designs in Flood-Prone Regions

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Architects and urban designers are increasingly challenged to address these risks, creating resilient structures and landscapes that not only withstand but thrive. From resilient structures to adaptive landscapes, these projects provide a blueprint for how the built environment can harmonize with water rather than succumb to it.

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BarlisWedlick opens renovated Hamptons house to the shoreline

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We completely upended every part of the house and the site to improve light, views, and flow in and out of the house and landscape, as befits a home by the sea," principal Alan Barlis told Dezeen. The existing main residence was reconfigured to house multiple shared spaces including the kitchen, living room, dining room and lounge space. "By

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Terraforming the Future: 6 Examples of Architects Literally Reshaping the Earth

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The two mountains, apart from being artificial landscapes, were also hollowed out, housing a carpark within their cavernous interior and acting as a true project of terraforming. In fact, apart from its spatial benefits, landscape structures also offer thermal insulation and reduce the urban heat island effect.

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They Restored an Abandoned Church and Turned It Into a 30-Unit Apartment Building

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Straddling the boundary between low-density residential urban fabric to the west and a large-scale commercial and institutional mixed-use zone to the east, the project preserved a key piece of Evanstons historic fabric while adding housing density with a diverse mix of unit types on an underutilized and transit-adjacent lot. "The