Within the architectural design, planning, and construction processes, new valuations and revaluations are constantly taking place. Every decision is made based on existing …
Architecture has its styles and epochs-but how can the history of the underlying construction methods be subdivided into particular epochs? The volume, for the first time, …
Transformation instead of demolition and new construction, continuing development instead of rupture: the principle of continuing the building process as an antidote to the …
Large construction sites are not only an expression and driver of technical progress but also, as symbolic places, conveyors of political and cultural messages. In the wake of the …
In the first decades of the 20th century, civil engineers were widely seen as a role model for future architects. Their role within the contemporary architecture movements, …
Cities are constantly changing. What often remains are the cellars as parts of buildings that exist underground, which are less exposed to the pressures of modernisation and …
Some of the highest and widest vault constructions produced in the Middle Ages are located in the Mediterranean area. Outstanding buildings with remarkable vaults and buttressing, …
