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Chapter 1
Earthquake-proof architecture
Architects building homes and structures in LA know that they have to be prepared for when the next “big one” hits. We meet Bureau Spectacular and Nous Engineering.
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Chapter 2
Shake Alert LA
Last month a new app was designed to alert citizens before a quake hits.
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Chapter 3
Meet Christopher Hawthorne
Christopher Hawthorne, former architecture critic for the ‘LA Times’, has just been appointed as the city’s first chief design officer.
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