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A web publishing site of the work of Randolph Langenbach, with related works in the field of Building Conservation and Disaster Recovery

 
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PUBLICATIONS by Randolph Langenbach (grouped under the following headings)

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In Bhuj, India, 2001

 

Randolph Langenbach

M-Arch (Harvard), Dipl.Conservation (York, England)

 

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Two PowerPoint slide shows together with a complete collection of the materials generated from the PICTOMETRY oblique aerial images developed by Randolph Langenbach, in preparation for the World Monuments Fund Mission to Port-au-Prince's Gingerbread District.

These images also cover the City Center and views of the informal settlements in Port-au-Prince, as well as the entire central area of Jacmel, showing the Heritage District.

CLICK HERE to go to the Haiti download pages.


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Free streaming video of Randolph Langenbach's lecture on November 19, 2008 at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California.  CREATIVE DESTRUCTION: Timber and Masonry Earthquake Resistant Construction before the Age of Steel and Reinforced Concrete


BOOK Published in 2009 by UNESCO in India and republished in the USA and Europe by Oinfroin Media.  Now available world-wide.

Don't Tear It Down! 
Preserving the Earthquake Resistant Vernacular Architecture of Kashmir
Soft cover book with 150 pages of text and over 200 photographs.

For more information, see:
www.traditional-is-modern.net


ARMATURE CROSSWALL PROJECT

An Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Proposal for Vulnerable Reinforced Concrete Buildings based on the Performance of Traditional Timber and Masonry Infill-wall Construction


PUERTO PLATA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Video Presentations
(Español + English)

"Walkway to the Sea"
A Town Planning Proposal for Puerto Plata CENTRO HISTÓRICO
A self-running PowerPoint "Movie"

"CHOCOLATERA, 2003 - 2007"
Abandoned Chocolate Factory in
Puerto Plata to become an Arts Center.


2007
AFGHANISTAN:  KABUL RESTORATION

Turquoise Mountain Foundation & the Restoration of Murad Khane, a surviving piece of old Kabul 

 


2004
IRAN:  BAM EARTHQUAKE of 2004

2004 “Soil Dynamics and the Earthquake Destruction of the Arg-e Bam,” Iranian Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran.

2005 "Performance of the Earthen Arg-e-Bam (Bam Citadel) during the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake," EERI Earthquake Spectra, Special Issue on Bam, Iran Earthquake


2002-2003

American Academy in Rome

Rome Prize Projects

 

1) The "PIRANESI PROJECT"

 

2) Papers on Traditional Construction in Earthquake Areas

 

3) Paper on "Integrity of Structure" for ICOMOS,General Assembly

 

MAPS OF ROME


January 26,2001 BHUJ, GUJARAT, INDIA EARTHQUAKE
 

UNESCO

MISSION TO INDIA

   

INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Survey and Reports on Bhuj Earthquake damage


UNESCO - ICOMOS CONFERENCE

EARTHQUAKE-SAFE: Lessons to be Learned from Traditional Construction

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, November,2000

   

 

SITES WITHIN THE

UNITED STATES


World Trade Center 2, BEFORE

WORLD TRADE CENTER, NEW YORK CITY

Tuesday , September 11, 2001

 


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NISQUALLY EARTHQUAKE OF 28 FEB. 2001

State of Washington, USA

 


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UNITED STATES


FEMA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS


2007 LINKS
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FEMA Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Preparedness
Documents of
General Interest

(Culled specifically for Haiti and the Dominican Republic)

Links to
Red Cross Documents
en Español

WWW.QUAKEINFO.ORG
Hazard Mitigation information for the homeowner

 

 

   
 
   
 
   
   

 

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