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...Japanese government announced that 20 condos and one hotel in and around Tokyo designed by architect Hidetsugu Aneha did not meet Japan's strict earthquake-resistance standards. Thirteen buildings, it said, were so poorly protected that they were unlikely to withstand a medium-strength temblor. Most shocking of all: Aneha's work failed to meet codes not due to error or incompetence, but because he knowingly skimped on materials like reinforced steel and then fabricated safety data to indicate projects were in compliance. Aneha, who admitted in a press conference to faking the data, said he had buckled under pressure...
...evacuate the worst of his buildings. Many families occupying Aneha buildings that the government has deemed safe are vacating anyway. The Tokyo Association of Architectural Firms is receiving 100 calls a day from homeowners worried about earthquakes (it used to get two a week). And the body of an architect who had worked with Aneha was found at the base of a cliff outside Tokyo last week. The police have yet to disclose the cause of death, but suicide is suspected. The Aneha quake has already taken a toll, but the aftershocks may have only just begun...
...backpack.'" But several passengers recall events differently. "I never heard the word bomb on the plane," says McAlhany, a construction worker from Sebastian, Fla., who notes, "I don't think they needed to use deadly force with the guy. He was getting off the plane." Jorge Borrelli, an Orlando architect who was also on the flight, says he thinks Alpizar may have feared being the victim of a terrorist attack. He remembers hearing Buechner say after the shooting that her husband thought there was a bomb on the plane and felt he had to get off. Says Borrelli: "He didn...
...million, four-year-long refurbishment by architect Mickey Muennig has resulted in a beautiful multilevel deck area, perched right above the crashing surf. Baths?both freestanding traditional tubs for one or two people, and larger sunken stone Jacuzzis of varying sizes?are scattered seemingly randomly across this space, with some of them set dramatically close to the sheer drop above the waves. A massage room and a bathroom for disabled visitors are also available...
...could have predicted that foot scrubbers would bring big change to a small village in Pakistan? Ann Thariani's fascination with handcrafted terra-cotta foot scrubbers began when she lived in Karachi with her Pakistani architect husband Kumy and led them to start a company, Gilden Tree. Sales of the product skyrocketed, but the women who made the scrubbers were not the only beneficiaries. The Tharianis decided to pay to educate the women's offspring, with one challenging stipulation: the girls, who often stay at home in rural Pakistan, had to go to school with the boys. "Everything Gilden Tree...