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Seismic retrofit

Read about this techniqueStronger, without changing a thing: how seismic retrofitting worksYou can stay in an old hotel because the building has been prepared for today’s earthquakes. How have the standards changed, and how are buildings strengthened? Braces, shear walls, wrapped columns, base isolation, and the hard choice faced by historic buildings: to become stronger while changing nothing you can see.
Hotel New GrandHotelHotel New GrandJin Watanabe / Yokohama, Kanagawa Stronger, without changing a thing: how seismic retrofitting worksColumnsStronger, without changing a thing: how seismic retrofitting works2026.10.21