The next step is bringing the innovation to commercialization. Engineers develop unbelievable new method for making ...

This is the moment an engineer demonstrated models of 'earthquake-resistant buildings' in China. Footage shows three plastic ...

Although the earthquake that shook New York City and the surrounding region on Friday didn’t cause systemic damage, it left many residents wondering how the city’s buildings would fare under ...

A strong 4.4 earthquake jolted Delhi on Thursday morning. What are the seismic risks in Delhi? What does Zone IV mean? And ...

"My earthquake proof buildings are to be constructed of steel in two parts, one of which should be firmly anchored to the ground in the shape of a bowl, (c.) on this bowl a domed calotte (b ...

Architects, engineers and urban planners have long sought to disaster-proof Japan’s buildings through ancient wisdom, modern innovation and ever-evolving regulations.

A deadly earthquake that reduced buildings to rubble in West Java, Indonesia has once again exposed the dangers of living in poorly built homes in one of the most seismically active zones on the ...

Japan now boasts a new tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower. Rising to a height of 325.2 m (1,066 ft) in Tokyo, the building is designed to reduce its grid-based energy usage with sustainability ...

Are our houses safe?’ Many residents of Delhi-NCR wondered after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck the region on Thursday morning (July 10). The nation’s capital and its surrounding region are a ...

Two years later, in 2009, the Thai Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning introduced a comprehensive “Standard for Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings”.

Two iron towers, 46 feet high, with this arrangement at their base, were also constructed and shipped for Japan, but the vessel was lost and no more were sent out, as the engineer in charge—Mr ...

Bangkok earthquake: Will Thailand fall out of love with skyscrapers? Some residents of the world’s 12th tallest city fear returning to high-rise living a month on from earthquake that shook ...