RESTAPIA 2012 es un congreso internacional sobre la arquitectura de tapia y su restauración y, de forma más general, sobre las técnicas constructivas de tierra y su restauración, que tendrá lugar los días 21, 22 y 23 de Junio 2012, en Valencia. Este encuentro pretende favorecer …
Masonry is a traditional, highly durable mode of construction; many heritage masonry structures, built at various historical periods, have survived, to a lesser or greater extent, adverse environmental conditions, which have reduced, sometimes considerably, their integrity, stre…
Cities are imagined not just as utopias, but also as ruins. In literature, film, art and popular culture, urban landscapes have been submerged by floods, razed by alien invaders, abandoned by fearful inhabitants and consumed in fire. The Dead City unearths meanings from such dep…
Re-readings 2 is a companion book to Re-readings, originally published in 2004. This second volume is testament to the growing interest and demand for clarification of the re-modelling, adaptation and transformation processes within the existing built environment. With increased…
