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Soviet Model, Urban Planning and Design (1949–1950s)
After 1949, China adopted a “one-sided” foreign policy, and national construction received overall support from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union’s...
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Temples as centres of communal networks: a case study of South Lantau
In the countryside, where intensive rural development and rising property values have been observed since the late 1970s, the preservation and...
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Typography: The Legacy of Manuel Pereira da Silva
Manuel Pereira da Silva (1930–2008), a Portuguese typographer, researcher, and type designer, made significant contributions to national typographic...
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The Nature Smart City—Defining the Next Urban Vision
Architect Cedric Price raised a critical voice already in 1966, stating that “Technology is the answer, but what was the question?”—Today, we need to...
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Validation of the Findings on the Basis of a CDO-Supported Sample Strategy
Since the meta-level of digital change does not mean short-term fluctuations in topics, but rather an institutional form with its own scope for...
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A tale of the new and the old: renovation of Yong’an Warehouse at Yangpu waterfront, Shanghai
The urban riverside space of Shanghai is transforming. How to renovate industrial heritage buildings to renew their vitality while retaining their...
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The Use of Semi-public Spaces as Urban Space and Evaluation in Terms of Urban Space Quality
The rapid physical change and increase in density of today’s cities lead to changes in urban space usage and habits in urban life. This change...
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Infiltration of Early Western Design Ideas (Prelude Before 1949)
From the end of the Qing Dynasty to 1949, China experienced leasing out of its territories as well as the chaos of internal and external wars. With...
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Rehabilitation of historic Shibam and Zabid, Yemen as an impulse for community and economy
Conditions in Yemen involving armed conflict and all kinds of structural challenges have also their impact on the fate of its built heritage. Yemen’s...
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The emerging community planning in the super-blocks of New Belgrade
The development of New Belgrade, initiated in the post-war period, was based on the Modernist concept of urban structure. The planned central zone...
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Evaluation of accessibility of kindergarten playgrounds and outdoor green areas in Polish cities
Sport activities and a green environment to spend time in are vitally important for children’s health and well-being. In this study, we focused on...
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The assessment of the quality of campus public spaces as key parts of the learning landscape: experience from a crowdsensing study on the Third Campus of Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
The learning landscape concept reflects shifts in the methods of learning and conducting research in universities. Public spaces within university...
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Extracting a local pattern language: a case study of Khartoum’s City Centre
This paper conceptualises a method for exploring existing places and their architecture. Khartoum’s city centre (KCC), Sudan, has been selected as a...
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Designing Furniture for Versatile Spaces of Collaborative Work. Covid-19 Accelerating the Change
The digital nomadism that stimulates the mobility and flexibility of everyday life is also reflected in the ways of working. Before covid-19, the...
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Energy-Efficient Automatic Light Control System for Modern Urban City
Nowadays electrical lights utilization has become an indispensable component in our daily life from home to industrial applications. But unnecessary...
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Lockdown in a disneyfied city: Kraków Old Town and the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper presents the geography of the historic central district of Kraków, Poland before, during and after the first wave of the 2020 pandemic. It...
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Territorial heritage gentrification in Abdali in Amman, Jordan
Having established itself as a heritage discourse, planetary gentrification is being studied in terms of how it operates in the Global South. This...
