Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop designed the brilliant House in Sakura that is filled with natural light and brings nature inside.

A team of civil engineers has developed an earthquake resistant home which they say could stand up to a major quake. ... and a unibody design which creates a more solid house structure. ...

The researchers report that their system would only add around US$15,000 to the total cost of a typical 185 sq m (2,000 sq ft) full-sized house. Though retrofitting the earthquake-resistant ...

By scaling-down and using inexpensive materials, the team estimate their design would cost around $10,000 to $15,000 for a 1,500- to 2,000-square-foot house and take four days of additional labor.

Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Arco House, Concepcion, 2010-2011. The decisions taken in the design of this house were the reaction to an accident. It was created for an artist couple: he works with ...

After spending seven weeks building a brand new two-story house, engineers tried to make it fall apart. The goal: To prove that the home is as close as possible to earthquake-proof. Instead of a ...

A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. The three-storey house is located in Shinjuku ward, an area where the ...

Image: SHINSUKE FUJII ARCHITECTSAccording to the architect, the owners of the house in Yokohama City requested the bookshelf, after their previous house was hit by an earthquake.

President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order that establishes a federal earthquake risk management standard. The new standard requires federal agencies to use earthquake-resistant designs ...

10 Design’s Sci-Fi-Worthy House Is Hurricane Proof The Hong Kong–based firm proposes an entire neighborhood that burrows into the ground before a storm hits. SHARE ...