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.

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 ...

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 house was built in 1990 by David Ming-Li Lowe, and this is the first time that it has hit the market. It is 3913 square feet, and has three bedrooms and four bathrooms.

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 ...

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 ...

The “Earthquake House” by architect David Ming-Li Lowe in Los Angeles, one of the only residential homes built on shock-absorbing dampers to protect against earthquakes, is back on the market ...

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 ...

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

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.