“History” has allowed that ruins from past epochs characterized the contemporary landscape over the following centuries. But when did they begin setting up an “archaeological site” within this environments? This contribute ...

The founding of the city of Littoria (then Latina) in 1932 represented a nearly unique event on the European scene of those years, both for the speed with which it was completed, both for the fact that a single designer ...

This article is on creating a conservation framework for the historic areas and houses of the city of Uşak, which represents peculiar examples of vernacular architecture of the Anatolian region. The city of Uşak is an ...

Gjirokastra features 1200 stone buildings, making it one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Albania. In 1961 Gjirokastra was declared a Museum City, and in 2005 it became part of the World Heritage List ...

The contribution derives from a recent investigation held at the DICAR Department of the Polytechnic of Bari, under the scientific supervision of professor Giorgio Rocco, regarding the Palaestra and the Western Gymnasium ...

The present paper focuses on the adaptive reuse of Selim Pashe Toptani Sarajev, a monumental building related to the creation history, ownership and administration of Tirana. The adaptive reuse of the buildings contributes ...

In Istanbul, with the establishment of clamshell concrete channels, refurbishment of water, electricity, natural gas and telephone infrastructure is expected to be much easier. Therefore, to combine the infrastructure ...

This study proposes to recognize that ‘idea of city’ at the foundation of the A. Perret’s project for Le Havre. This experience seems to be defined as a paradigm in the relationship between building typology, urban morphology ...

The paper analyses the present condition of the sustainability elements at the level of a village, and then on the relevant representative sample of the households, according to the parameters of sustainability defined in ...

Water is not only essential to life in every form, but throughout history it has been a fundamental means of production for populations, used for trade, defence, transportation, industry and recreation, hence determining ...