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Strict building codes prevented a larger catastrophe in earthquake-prone Taiwan

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magnitude that struck eastern Taiwan yesterday has provided evidence as to how the country’s reputedly strong building codes and regulations prevented significant losses of life and property 25 years after another tragic seismic event led to widespread change. that caused 2,400 deaths and damage to over 50,000 buildings on the island.

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Who’s on Top in Design Innovation? Explore the World Design Rankings (WDR) Over the Last Decade

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Image Courtesy of A' Design Award & Competition Created to offer insights into the state of the design industry, World Design Rankings (WDR) serves as a valuable resource by highlighting the creative strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities of different countries. Read more »

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IKEA Foundation supports Better Shelter’s deployment of 5,000 modular shelters in response to earthquake in Turkey and Syria

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Swedish nonprofit Better Shelter has announced the provision of 5,000 emergency shelters in Turkey following the major earthquake that has so far killed over 47,000 people across the country and neighboring Syria. Better Shelter's modular units deployed in Hatay, Turkey after the recent earthquake. Image cre.

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Turkey issues arrest warrants for building designers in the wake of deadly earthquake

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Arrest warrants have been issued in Turkey in response to the devastating earthquake that killed more than 34,000 people across the shared border with Syria last Monday. The country’s Vice President, Fuat Oktay, also announced the establishment of ten special investigative units spread throughout Turkey’s most impacted provinces.

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Istanbul's conservators are scrambling to protect heritage sites from disaster

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Conservators in Istanbul are racing to safeguard scores of at-risk heritage sites in the wake of Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in modern history, bracing for the probability of an even greater disaster in a city straddling an active faultline.

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Renzo Piano on the elemental approach to his newly-opened Istanbul Modern design

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RPBW ’s first project in Turkey comes as the country begins its rebuilding following the devastating February earthquake. Previously on Archinect: Renzo Piano’s Istanbul Modern museum opens in Turkey And the Istanbul Modern is about a dialogue between the building and the water.

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Turkey’s outdated building codes exacerbated earthquake destruction

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Alanna Simpson] says the building codes in Turkey were updated again in 2018. But the country's "legacy buildings" are still vulnerable, and that goes for much of the rest of the world, too, she says. Why did so many buildings fall down? [.] It's a global problem."

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