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The chain tower in Kyrenia’s harbour, Cyprus
(Universidad de Granada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2020-05)
In the Middle Ages a chain suspended between two towers defended the entrance of Kyrenia’s little harbour, like the chain across the Golden Horn in Constantinople. William de Oldenburg, who visited Cyprus in 1211 during ...
The so-called “beach tower” of Kyrenia city walls, Cyprus
(Granada: Universidad de Granada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2020-05-05)
The so-called “beach-tower” is the smallest of the three remaining towers belonging to the Kyrenia’s medieval enceinte. Semi-circular in plan, with circa 6 m of diameter, the tower is today partially obliterated by the ...
Galata waterfont: models, types, and the morphology of meaning in architecture
(LetteraVentidue, Siracusa, 2020)
“Ars simia natura” (Boccaccio, 1360) is a concept that has cut in two the history of the arts. Hence the modern figurative revolution the misunderstanding of this notion it has depleted architecture to a mere branch of the ...
Zaha Hadid. Architettura in movimento
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)
With a style that is difficult to categorize and a very innovative conception of architectural space, Zaha Hadid was one of the most revolutionary architects of our time. In 2004, after several internationally acclaimed ...
Dubai. Una capitale contemporanea
(Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, 2020-09)
Dubai is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, in the Arabian Peninsula, on the western shores of the Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz. The discovery of oil fields, starting from ...
Made without hands: survey, history and valorisation of the monastery of Panagia Acheiropoietos, Cyprus
(Firenze University Press, 2020)
The north of Cyprus is a very complex area in terms of Cultural Heritage. The surveys of the Monastery of Acheiropoietos were undertaken in a scarcely studied context in which the political situation can generate important ...
Learning from vernacular architecture in architectural education
(Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, 2020)
This study focuses on the potential for effectively using knowledge about vernacular architecture in programs of architectural education and it proposes a course as a mean of doing so. The first section emphasizes the ...
Shifting point-attractors: the central-symmetric flexi of via Flaminia and via Clodia near pons Milvius, Rome
(U+D editions, Rome, 2020)
Recent urban morphology studies consider urban tissues as living organisms changing in time (Strappa, Carlotti, and Camiz, 2016), moreover even roads may be considered as organisms, and their diachronic deformations have ...
La partizione iugerale del suolo agricolo per il progetto del paesaggio archeologico degli acquedotti Aniensi
(Edizioni Istituto Alcide Cervi, Gattatico (RE), 2020)
Here we present an example of circular subsidiarity applied to cultural heritage: it is a research launched as an action of the Agenda 21 of the Province of Rome and later developed as an experimentation of participation ...
Enhancing sustainability benefits through green retrofitting of healthcare buildings
(IOP Publishing, 2020)
Green retrofitting practices have critical importance in both the construction industry (CI) and healthcare industry (HI) due to the adverse effects of the existing healthcare buildings on both the environment and public ...
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