Monday, November 20, 2017

Post-earthquake home in China wins World Building of the Year 2017

A humanitarian project built with affordable, low-tech materials has won this year’s World Building of the Year at the tenth annual World Architecture Festival. Designed by The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Kunming University of Science and Technology, the award-winning Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Project is a prototype house located in China’s Guangming Village, an area devastated by the 2014 Ludian earthquake. The rammed-earth house was recognized for its innovative reconstruction...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/post-earthquake-home-in-china-wins-world-building-of-the-year-2017
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