will examine the feasibility of conventionalizing stilt houses in the Philippines to prevent the risks of flooding tonight on ABS-CBN’s Krusada after Bandila. Experts have noted that in order to ...

Will flood-proof houses be the last line of defense? These innovative, buoyant homes look to withstand the tribulations of a turbulent future. Vietnamese firm H&P Architects recently completed the ...

(AP) — Whenever historic homes get flooded ... tear down the old plaster walls and install new, flood-resistant materials. It’s a hurried approach that's likely to occur across southwest ...

In the past a hydraulic foundation was considered for the Farnsworth House, Mies van der Rohe’s iconic design located in an Illinois flood plain. At a projected cost of $3 million for the ...

Californian studio MAT-TER is the latest firm to throw its hat in the ring, with a modular, passively-cooled, and typhoon-resistant school that's due to be constructed in the Philippines later ...

That disaster, the worst flooding in Pakistani ... is building more bamboo homes. One million more. These are not disaster relief shelters, she insists, but disaster-resistant homes.

Footage shows homes submerged in flood as Severe Tropical Storm Trami battered Camarines Sur province in the Philippines on October 23. The deluge covered the first floors of several houses as ...

One of the greatest needs in the world is disaster-resistant housing – houses that can hold up against hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, flooding and other natural disasters. Events like this that ...

MANILA, Philippines — The government should build storm-resistant houses for Filipinos residing in the country’s eastern seaboard and other flood-prone areas, a lawmaker said on Friday.

the Netherlands is pioneering the field of flood-proof homes. Projects include floating homes, which rise and fall with the water levels, and amphibious homes that sit on dry land but float is ...

These unique bamboo houses are part of a much larger disaster resistant community concept for the Philippines designed ... Stilts help the house withstand flooding from storms or monsoons, and ...

(CNN)-- Flooding and resulting landslides killed 137 ... Rescue trucks were hampered by floodwaters that reach the roofs of single-story houses, Baraan said. About 16 rubber rescue boats had ...