It is known that unreinforced earthen buildings are highly vulnerable to seismic activity and thus millions of people living in earthen dwellings are at risk. This articl [...]

On August 15, 2007, at 18:40 local time (23:40 UTC) an earthquake of magnitude Mw 8.0, shook the southern area of central Peru. Ica, Lima and Huancavelica were the most a [...]

A recent earthquake (August 15th 2007) in Pisco (Peru) has destroyed almost all the adobe houses and historical monuments in Pisco and neighboring cities, towns and villa [...]

The immense architectural heritage of Peru was built with stones and earth, the two most accessible natural materials, with which humanity has built the oldest historical [...]

The list of different ways to combine brittle materials like stone and earth in order to build composite constructions is manifold. Because of their stability and in orde [...]