Bangladesh: Dingabanga, Kutubdia 1993
Construction destruction and reconstruction
Vulnerability, corruption and climate change may be expressed or denied, and may be exacerbated or assuaged, by construction which may succeed or fail in consequence. Construction sketches includes examples of maintained success and of eventual failure over time.
Publications
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Some precedents for post-earthquake reconstruction: A bibliography of the work of Adolf Ciborowski
2010RADIX -
The Algerian earthquakes of May 2003: Some precedents for reconstruction
2003RADIX -
Lugs, stubs, brackets, clamps, and dowels - and bolts into the concrete: Window fixings at the Bauhaus
2003DOCOMOMO Journal 28pp 83-93 MarchDOCOMOMO International Secretariat, Paris -
Housing construction in earthquake-prone places: Perspectives, priorities and projections for development
2003Australian Journal of Disaster Management18/2 May -
Why do Schools and Hospitals Collapse in Earthquakes ?
2003Exchange; UN Chronicle No 3 2003p49with Ben Wisner -
Improved building construction ? Knowing versus doing
2001RADIX - Knowing versus doing -
How does the bolt get into the concrete ? Fixing in the frame; from Bauhaus to Bangladesh
2000DOCOMOMO Journal 23pp43-50 AugustDelft University of Technology -
Cyclone-resistant domestic construction in Bangladesh
1999Implementing Hazard-resistant Housing(pp 29-38)Proceedings of the First International Housing and Hazards Workshop, Dhaka, 1996, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)/Housing & Hazards Group, University of Exeter(with Malcolm P Chisholm), Hodgson, R L P; Salek, M S; Choudhury, J R: Eds -
Disasters, conflict and recovery: What kind of development for sustainability and vulnerability reduction?
1994Reconstruction After Disaster: The State of the ArtCentre for Architectural Research Overseas (CARDO), School of Architecture, University of Newcastle. -
Building for Global Warming: Design for climate change
1993Architects' Journal 197/24p54-55 16 June
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