Welcome to the Traditional-Is-Modern Blog

Randolph Langenbach — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:19:58 +0000

This is a BLOG dedicated to an international conversation about the subject of earthquake resistant traditional construction – not only in Kashmir, but any other place which you may wish to describe or ask about. Please feel free to leave your comments, suggestions, and observations on the topic. This Blog has been started on August 1, 2009 in honor of the publication of the book:

Don’t Tear it Down!
Preserving the Earthquake Resistant Vernacular Architecture of Kashmir.

PUBLISHED by UNESCO in India, June 2009

Scheduled for publication in the USA and Europe, September, 2009.

Earthquake Resistant Traditional Construction

Welcome to the Traditional-Is-Modern Blog