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  • Urban Design and Urban Disasters: Lessons for Nigeria 
    Adetokunbo Ilesanmi; Obafemi Awolowo University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Urban design has been described as being 'about the making of better places for people'; therefore the growing trend of natural and human-induced disasters should be areas of key concern to urban designers and other built ...
  • The impact of Islamic culture on public urban space in Berlin, Germany 
    Sigrun Prahl; University of Applied Science Niederrhein (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Since decades immigrants have come to Germany and they have changed the appearance, culture and urban experience in cities and neighbourhoods in a significant way. There are certain neighbourhoods like Kreuzberg, Wedding ...
  • User-friendly waterfronts: a dialogue of responsiveness and placemaking 
    Adham Abulnour; Arab Academy for science and technology (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In contemporary times, waterfronts reveal themselves to have a special role in offering society diversified opportunities for economic development, public enjoyment and civic identity. Optimally, successful waterfront ...
  • Remaining architectural heritage in Kosovo, their durability and sustainability 
    Shqipe Nixha; University of Prishtina; Violeta Nushi; University of Prishtina (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper work aims to contribute in response to the request for immediate intervention of cultural heritage preservation in Kosovo, with aiming to guard against the harmful consequences of insufficient knowledge leading ...
  • The Integration of new urban development in cultural landscapes of historical value - The Mahalas 
    Nerma Harbinja; International University of Sarajevo (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Cultural landscapes should be understood as a combined work of nature and humankind. It is quite natural that the result of this interaction affects the quality and the heritage value of the existing Landscapes. Integrating ...
  • "Negative" Cultural Heritage: destruction or conservation? 
    Nikelina Bineri (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In the 21 century cultural heritage has been piling up. We have now more buildings worth preserving than ever. What was considered last century as modern architecture is today considered as cultural heritage. A growing ...
  • Recognize of the Form and Spatial Structure of Safavid Historic Gardens. Case Study: Bagh-i Shah of Ashraf al-Belad City (Behshahr's old name), North of Iran 
    Samira Mansouri; Preservation and Revitalization of Historic Building and Sites (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In Safavid period, some royal gardens have been created in Ashraf Al-Belad, a city that was established in place of an old residential village, in north of Iran which remained some traces of them at present time. One of ...
  • German Heritage in Banat Villages - The Origin, Development, and Modalities of the Country House with Yard 
    Maria Siladji; Faculty of Technical Sciences; Anica Tufegdzic; Faculty of Technical Sciences (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In the eighteenth century Habsburg monarchy was inhabited territory of the Banat, in order to modernize and homogenize the area in political, economic, and civilization sense. One of the main goals of colonization was to ...
  • Geometry at work: Re-reading the Persian bazaar 
    Mehran Mojtahedzadeh; Staedelschule Architecture Class (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The paper focuses on three issues concerning the Persian bazaar12 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ON THE GRAND BAZAAR OF ISFAHAN : (1) considering the bazaar as an interiorized urban environment; (2) the way the bazaar achieves this ...
  • Preserving Local Character for Sustainable Tourism Development: National Park of Theth as a Case study 
    Mirjam Dibra; University of Shkodra; Romina Dhora; University of Shkodra; Xhavit Dibra; Supervisor at Construction Firm "ANI-Sh" sh.p.k (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper studies the physic/architectural character in National Park of Theth, considering it as a tourist attraction of special importance. Despite the contextual qualities typical of this alpine area, the actual ...
  • Xenia Hotels Projects, 1950-1967. reapproaching the role of Post-War Architecture in Greece 
    Myrianthe Moussa; National Technical University of Athens (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    In the early 50s, Greece started its reconstruction after World War II and a following civil war. The Greek National Tourism Organization (G.N.T.O.) was founded in 1950, when tourism became a basic axis of the national ...
  • The Evaluation of Urban Historic Sites Rehabilitation Project for Tourism Destination: Case Study of Hamamonu/Ankara 
    Nasim Shakouri; Ankara University; Aysel Uslu; Ankara University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The main purpose of this study is the evaluation of Hammonu rehabilitation project from two viewpoints. First, Hamamonu district have been evaluated with urban identity and conservation. Hamamonu district reflects the ...
  • Perspectives on Modern Movement's Architectural Heritage of the early XX Century in Western Balkans 
    Luca Sampo; Sapienza Universita di Roma (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The main architectural histories of the XX Century trust little or no space to modernist architects, critics and theorists in Balkans, while they have played an important role in the cultural life that nourished the ...
  • The lost ideology-Socialist Monuments in Bosnia 
    Leila Dizdarevic; International University of Sarajevo; Alma Hudovic; International University of Sarajevo (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    Memory, individual or collective, is not only closely related to socio-political phenomena, but also to socio-cultural such as architecture and art. As trans-generational witnesses to historical turmoil, still stand the ...
  • Historical Continuities from Bronze Age to the Present: Local Architecture of the Akseki-İbradı Basin (Turkey) 
    Kemal Reha Kavas; Akdeniz University Department of Architecture; Gulsah Celik; Middle East Technical University (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The Akseki-İbradı basin (Antalya, Turkey) is situated in southwestern Anatolia at the transitional geographical band between the Mediterranean coast and inland Anatolia.The Taurus Mountain chain passes through ...
  • Architectural Conservation in Albania and in other Countries of Europe 
    Klesta Qirici; Polytechnic University of Tirana (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper is intended to provide a theoretical overview and analysis of the history and development philosophies in our country compared to other European countries, in relation to the conservation of historic buildings, ...
  • Architecture, identity and phases of construction of the Byzantine church of St. Mary Vllaherna - Berat/Albania 
    Klodjana Gjata; Institute of Cultural Monuments "Gani Strazimiri"; Marsela Demaj; Institute of Cultural Monuments "Gani Strazimiri"; Ronela Cuku; Institute of Cultural Monuments "Gani Strazimiri" (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The town of Berat is one of the oldest in Albania, with the earliest traces of settlement dating from 2600-1800 BC, while the castle area had stone fortifications by the the 4th century BC. In antiquity, Berat was known ...
  • New pattern of industrial identity in the spatial structure of polish cities 
    Joanna Sokolowska Moskwiak; Silesian University of Technology Gliwice (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The process of deindustrialisation has significantly increased the number of areas where existing industrial units had lost their previous role in production and became a document of industrial heritage. This problem is ...
  • Ancient Waterfront Palaces: A Case Study of the Triconch Palace in Butrint 
    Kaan Sag; Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture History of Architecture Programme (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    The main goal of the work is to comprehend the motivations behind building an ancient palace next to a body of water and to define the effects of the waterbody on the waterfront palace design. To achieve this goal, the ...
  • Knowing in order to preserve and enhance historic architectures: the case study of Berat 
    Frida Pashako; Polytechnic University of Bari (International Conference on Architecture and Urban Design, 2013-06-26)
    This paper analyzes the traditional vernacular architecture heritage in Albania, particularly in Berat. This city has a well-preserved historic center made up of traditional dwellings of 15th century and reaching their ...

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