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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. As urban populations grow and climate change exacerbates natural disasters, the need for buildings that prioritize safety and durability has never been more urgent.

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Extreme Architecture: Challenges and Solutions in Inhospitable Environments

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This challenge requires technological performance that must be combined with aesthetics. Making human beings feel good involves more than just meeting notions of comfort and safety; it's also a question of working with spaces in their symbolic and perceptual dimensions."

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Designing Naturally Illuminated Learning Environments on a Tight Budget

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Including flexible, inclusive, and engaging spaces that seamlessly integrate technological advances, contemporary educational design aims to enhance learning and collaborative work, as well as comfort and wellbeing. Read more »

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Wooden World: How Helsinki Became a Leader in Architecture’s Timber Revolution

Architizer

It is a city of striking contrasts and this unique blend of characteristics has created an environment where the architecture industry thrives, influenced by a political landscape that prioritizes sustainability, innovation and well-being. In Finland, forests cover approximately 75% of the land area. Wood is an abundant, renewable resource.

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Century-Long Lives: The Architecture of Longevity

Architizer

The implications for the built environment and its architects are fascinating. Streets become impassable, homes unsafe and public spaces unwelcoming as urban environments prioritize speed and efficiency over accessibility and inclusion. Streets and outdoor spaces must prioritize safety and usability for people of all ages.

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Landscape architecture is now officially a STEM discipline, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Archinect

Department of Homeland Security has designated degrees in landscape architecture as a science, technology, engineering, mathematics (or STEM) discipline upon the advice of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) , announced by the organization today (July 12).

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Drexel University researchers develop AI-guided robotic structural inspection system

Archinect

Researchers based at the Drexel University College of Engineering have devised a new method for performing structural safety inspections using autonomous robots aided by machine learning technology. Related on Archinect: This AI-powered & LiDAR-equipped robot could soon help.

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