This paper discusses and critically analyzes the issue of building skyscrapers in the Main Boulevard of the capital of Albania Tirana, an urban historical zone which is defined as “City Spine” and which constitutes a very ...

The paper presents a description of Deconstruction and what is its importance for the informal settlements. This research is inspired by the problems that came out from a specific area which is Tirana Riverside, located ...

This study focuses the structural and aesthetic potentiality of the Apulian apsidal vaults, regarding to the innovation of the design paradigm of the dome in stone. Apulian apsidal vaults are spherical or pseudo-spherical ...

With the proliferation of the use of information technologies in design activity, digital tools and techniques become determinant factors. The digital design processes and approaches that are always considered as complex ...

The theoretical problem to which this paper aims to answer is the one that gives continuity to the contemporary design for the traditional central spaces, within the area of Persian influence. Through the analysis of the ...

The concept of «unstable landscapes» refers to sections of territory produced by the contact/crash between different and conflicting morphological conditions. Contexts irrevocably exposed to the dynamics of the world, ...

Land is the gift of nature to mankind. It provides continuity and progress. Land is not only our biggest asset, but at the same time, the whole real source. As immovable property, land constitutes one of the most valuable ...

As a result of rapid population growth and the lack of adequate controls unplanned construction has increased rapidly in Istanbul up to 1995. Since 1995, in order to prevent irregular urbanization rate, controls have been ...

This article focuses on the study of public open space of Kadıköy square. The objective is to assess user perceptions, satisfaction and patterns of outdoor space use. A qualitative approach is used to gain insights into ...

Processes such as design, construction, industrialization, de-industrialization, internal migration, external migration, life closely connected with the factory and the aim to emancipate the society by means of industrialization, ...