Nepal is still reeling from a devastating, magnitude-7.8 earthquake on April 25, which claimed upwards of 8,159 lives. According to the New York Times report, Tuesday's earthquake happened just as a semblance of normality was returning to the streets of Kathmandu and its environs. Landslides have further isolated already-damaged rural villages in the mountainous region. A large percentage of the country's infrastructure is critically damaged, while international relief has been short in coming. 

Since the April 25th earthquake, Archinect has been compiling architectural responses and reactions to the on-going disaster.

• Archinect's Julia Ingalls compiled a feature, How Architects Can Help Nepal (And Learn From Past Disastrous Mistakes/Successes). Ingalls notes the three phases of a natural disaster – emergency, relief, and recovery – and provides useful ideas for how architects can help in each stage. She notes, "In the emergency phase, architects can help primarily by fundraising or donating money (a list of donation collecting agencies for Nepal whose accountability practices have been vetted by the Better Business Bureau can be found here)."
• In response to Ingalls' article, Will Galloway chimed in to stress the importance of longterm architectural action: "What makes it most difficult is that it is hard to raise funds for the longterm approach that the concept really needs. We will all talk about Nepal for a while, and it will come up on the anniversaries for sure, but if action is important now it is also important years from now."
• Pritzker Prize Laureate Shigeru Ban had announced plans to contribute to emergency response efforts as well as longer-term relief in the form of stable housing. 
• Erin Lani started a discussion in the forum about how architects can help in rebuilding efforts. quizzical suggested the AIA Disaster Assistance Program. Nepalese-based architect Sagar Chitrakar provided on-the-ground updates, writing, "I feel we need more teams on-board who have experience in these similar situations and can act efficiently... I don't think this is the right time to experiment but rather put one's experience directly to the field."
• Paul Petrunia shared a collection of photographs documenting the rich architectural heritage of Kathmandu from before the earthquakes. 
• For more in-depth coverage, including a conversation with Nepalese architect Rajan Karmachaya, listen to episode #27 of Archinect Sessions, "The trauma of rebuilding."