Tag Archives: Natural hazards

RESILIENCE: A NEW FRAMEWORK IS NEEDED

During my college years, in California, as I pursued studies in environmental design, architecture and urban planning, I became interested in finding out what happens when a building interacts with a natural hazard. What external forces are applied to the … Continue reading

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NEW BOOK: “PARAISO PROTEGIDO – Hacia una cultura de mitigacion” Is ready for shipment!

“The architect Ricardo A. Alvarez generously compiled passages from his ample and multidisciplinary knowledge to shape Paraiso Protegido,a book that in addition to being a critical text in the definition of our identity will, within a very short time, become … Continue reading

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