Some of nowadays problems have, due to general misunderstanding, been relegated out of our thoughts, as if they concerned us only remotely. One of these is the relationship between architecture – architectural design – and ...

Contemporary research in architecture recognises the enduring influence of neo-brutalist poetry in the simplicity of construction and simple linguistics of many developments inspired by minimalist asceticism that are ...

When man needed the first time to find a shelter, he conformed himself to environmental context, finding in it resources and benefits. Then progress brought man to see Nature as a servant rather than as a valuable ally. ...

The inspection of rebar in different structural elements has the goal to ensure that contract documents between investitor and contractor, rebar placing drawings, and technical specification of building codes are followed. ...

Shoreline change is considered as one of the most dynamic processes in the coastal regions. Shoreline spatial location mentions to several different features such as vegetation line, high water line, low water line, or the ...

The railway sector in Albania is considered one of the most underdeveloped sectors in the Albanian Transport System. In agreement with annual statistics, in 2014 transport of passengers was ten times lower than in 2001, ...

Road accidents are caused by a combination of factors although relationships between accidents and those factors causing them, or contributing to the causes, are not well understood. The interaction between road, vehicle ...

Even though the parts of a road traffic system are interrelated and influence each other, the problems of road safety are directly associated with the geometry and the equipment of streets, particularly in sites where ...

Architectural and urban heritage, can form and support the competitiveness of the town, opening up extra chances for employment, investment and social life - on a higher level than the concurrence does. But to achieve such ...

The aim of this paper is to present new analytical and computational approaches for assessing the structural safety of “false vaults” structures like Trulli, and more generally for corbelled structures. In particular, the ...