California-based architecture firm Emerging Objects has developed a design called the Quake Column, which draws on the ancient Incan building technique known as “ashlar” and merges it with ...

“We have been working out connection details for 3-D prints and architecture, and we recalled our visit to Peru several years ago to study Incan architecture,” explain Ronald Rael and Virginia ...

Ancient Andean cities -- Urban civilization -- Ceremonial centres and enclosures -- ritual and funerary compounds -- Administrative architecture -- Elite and royal residences -- Domestic architecture ...