The surviving Portuguese buildings include the cistern and the Church of the Assumption, built in the Manueline style of late Gothic architecture. The Portuguese City of Mazagan - one of the early ...

A horizontal zigzag frieze wraps itself around the Praça do Comércio’s facade. It is intersected with downward-pointing ...

Tucked away in southern France, right along the Atlantic coast, is France’s 9th biggest city and the capital of the Nouvelle Aquitaine region. Welcome to Bordeaux! I’ll be honest, here. I love love ...

However, for the past few years Bahraini cities like Muharraq have been lending the stage for regional and international ...

With Iraq currently in the world's spotlight, trace its beginnings in Mesopotamia - its name in ancient times. Mesopotamia has been called the 'cradle of civilisation' because agriculture, animal ...

There is a particular kind of architecture that does not begin with a blank page. It begins in silence, in ruins, in walls ...

What are the regulations in the DCPR 2034 to make buildings heat-resilient? What re the amendements required for heat ...

City life isn't always a walk in the park; unless you're actually walking through a park. It's noisy, crowded, and commutes can be frustrating. If only there was a way to design the perfect city to ...

Hope Dies Last, is the final installment in a trilogy by Alan Wesiman that also includes The World Without Us (2007) and ...

For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.

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Although the curatorial parallels can feel strained, the underlying message is unequivocal: cross-cultural exchanges foster ...