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Don't Tear It Down! has
been produced by
the UNESCO New Delhi Office
The book is © Randolph
Langenbach 2009
Produced in Association with:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs
Kashmir Earthquake Relief (KER)
Republished
in the USA and
Europe
by Oinfroin Media, Oakland, California, and distributed
through Ingram
Book Group.
Official USA and Europe publication date:
September 20, 2009
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Don't Tear
It Down!
Preserving the Earthquake Resistant
Vernacular Architecture of
Kashmir
Text and Photographs By
Randolph
Langenbach
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10 January 2010 by "David" in Blog of
Frontier Treks & Tours | India
Before leaving Kashmir
recently I stopped by the office of the
J&K chapter of Intach to gather
some info related to heritage walks in the old city area of Srinagar. While
there I checked out an interesting book called “Don’t Tear It Down!
Preserving the Earthquake Resistant Vernacular Architecture of Kashmir” by
Randolph Langenbach.
The book argues that the older, traditional design of many Kashmiri homes and
buildings is much more resistant to falling apart from earthquakes than most of
the more “modern” buildings being built in place of the older ones. There are
several fascinating pictures in the book illustrating this point.
This is a great book for those interested in architecture, especially as it
relates to areas prone to earthquakes. For other tourists to Kashmir the book
may be interesting just to see some of the old photos from the Srinagar area
compared to today.
You find the book online at various places, including
www.amazon.com, and on this
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23 October 2009
GreaterKashmir.com GK Communications Pvt. Ltd., Srinagar
‘Vernacular
Architectural Heritage of Kashmir Under Threat’
by Faheem Aslam
SRINAGAR: A renowned architect has underlined the threat to
the vernacular architectural heritage of Kashmir and has called for its
immediate conservation. In his book titled “Don’t tear it down!” Randolph
Langenbach asserts that destruction of heritage buildings leads to cultural and
economic loss, and Kashmir was fast losing its architectural heritage.
“The remarkable heritage of the Valley is under threat being lost rapidly....[more...]
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23 October 2009
South Asian News Agency (www.SANA.com.pk).
‘Vernacular
Architectural Heritage of Kashmir Under Threat’
SRINAGAR (SANA): A renowned architect has underlined the
threat to the vernacular architectural heritage of Kashmir and has called for
its immediate conservation.... Text is same as Greater
Kashmir article, as that article is the source for this one. Greater Kashmir
serves Indian Administered Kashmir and SANA serves Pakistan Administered
Kashmir. The book is Published by UNESCO New Delhi, and distributed in
Kashmir by UNESCO and Kashmir Earthquake Relief (KER), and distributed in
Pakistan by UN-HABITAT.
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October 12, 2009
All is not lost
By John. C. Hurd (UK).
John Hurd is Director of International Conservation
for the Global Heritage Fund.
This excellently presented,
well illustrated and rationally formed book satisfies both the need for a
description of vernacular structures in Kashmir and region, and also offers
solutions to the often seemingly insurmountable problems facing those
responsible for the restoration of damaged houses post earthquake and from many
other causes of damage. The pointers to disaster reduction...[more...]
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TA658
ISBN: 978-0-9796807-1-7
Don’t
tear it down!; preserving the earthquake
resistant vernacular architecture of
Kashmir.
Title main entry. Ed. and photographs by
Randolph Langenbach.
United Nations Publications,
©2009
Langenbach is a former
architecture professor at U. of California
at Berkeley and senior FEMA analyst, and he
has written this illustrated survey of
architecture in the Indian state of Kashmir
to demonstrate how traditional construction
methods have led to earthquake-resistant
structures. Written for anyone interested in
the region and its architecture, this book
documents..[more...]
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[In Spanish]
21 July
2008
(This review was written in
2008 before the book was published based on
UNESCO publicity.)
Dahji Dewari” Y “Taq”, Las Antiguas Casas
Antisísmicas Del Kashmir
Ahora un libro
de la UNESCO invita a no cometer el error de
demoler aquellas antiguas casas, sino de
conservarlas y, sobre todo, aprender de sus
técnicas constructivas tradicionales. Cuando
el Kashmir Azad, territorio del Kashmir que
se encuentra bajo jurisdicción paquistaní,
fue sacudido por el terrible terremoto que
en octubre del 2005 mató a más de 70.000
personas y dejó a tres millones sin
viviendas, los estudiosos se dieron cuenta
de que los edificios que habían sufrido
menores daños y que casi nunca se habían
derrumbado, eran las casas tradicionales de
dos tipos: las 'Dahji Dewari' y las 'Taq'.
...[mas...]
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11 April 2008
(This review was written in
2008 before the book was published based on
UNESCO publicity.)
Preserving Quake-Resistant
Vernacular Architecture of Kashmir
The traditional Kashmiri
construction technique of "dhaji dewari" and
"taq" is the focus of UNESCO attention for
its earthquake resistant properties, which
it wants popularized and adopted in current
modes of construction. Taq consists of
load-bearing masonry piers and infill walls,
with wood "runners" at each floor level used
to tie the walls together
with the floors. The second system, known as
Dhaji-Dewari construction, consists
of a braced timber frame with masonry
infill. The UN body is publishing a book
...[more...]
IRNA is a news agency of
the Islamic Republic of Iran. There is a strong
historical cultural and religious connection
between Kashmir, ancient Persia, and modern
Iran.
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