Results 251 to 260 of about 5,994 (303)

Seismic behavior of two monumental buildings in historical Cappadocia region of Turkey

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2017
This study focuses on a displacement-based approach for the investigation of seismic behavior of two monumental buildings constructed in the historical Cappadocia region of Turkey.
Baki ÖZTÜRK
exaly   +2 more sources

Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.

Related searches:

Structural behaviour of masonry in monumental buildings

2020
George G. Penelis, Gregory G. Penelis
exaly   +2 more sources

Conservation of Granite Buildings and Monuments

Journal of Architectural Conservation, 1998
AbstractGranite is considered to be a durable building stone, but recent research has highlighted the problem of decay affecting granite used in the construction of historic buildings and monuments, and has assessed the various forms of such decay. This paper reviews some of the research work and discusses the effects of weathering, decay and soiling ...
D.C.M. Urquhart, M.E. Young
openaire   +1 more source

The Course of Building Materials in Historic Buildings and Monuments

2018
The architecture of the past has always been a source of knowledge on various aspects of sustainable architecture. In the last decades, there has been a growing interest concerning the environmental impact of building materials, which is linked with a vast variety of parameters, both quantitative and qualitative.
Aineias Oikonomou, Flora Bougiatioti, Panagiotis Georgopoulos   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Repainting Monumental Buildings

Paint and Coatings Expo (PACE) 2006, 2006
Abstract Metal curtain wall and extrusions in prominent office buildings may need to be repainted either because the original factory applied finishes have dulled or because the owner wants to give the building a fresh look. Many monumental buildings are constructed with factory painted aluminum or steel cladding (curtain wall) and ...
openaire   +1 more source

Counter-Monuments and Nation-Building in Australia

Peace Review, 2010
Counter-monuments aim to challenge and invert the nation-building agenda of traditional state memorials. Instead of presenting a simple story of triumph or martyrdom, they confront the nation-state with its own crimes and exclusions. In contrast to traditional pedagogical monuments, they use abstract rather than literal forms to accommodate ambivalence,
openaire   +4 more sources

Building the Monuments of the Future

2007
The preservation of ancient structures like the house of Alexander at Thebes not only reinforced Romans’ sense of the passing of time, but also encouraged them to aspire to make their monuments last as long or even longer as legendary examples of the past.
openaire   +1 more source

Building as Monument

AB. Arhitektov bilten, 2019
While the production of monuments under the socialism in Yugoslavia is receiving international exposure during recent years, architectural typologies that hybridized commemoration and specific forms of social life are being overlooked. Using case-studies of cultural centres in Kolašin and Nikšić in Montenegro, this paper with examine the transfer of ...
openaire   +1 more source

A monumental task:

2015
This paper explores the nature of dolmen through their architecture and construction.
Richards, Colin, Cummings, Vicki
openaire   +2 more sources

RESPONSE OF MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS TO INTERNAL EXPLOSIONS

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN 2015), 2019
The response of monumental buildings to internal explosions is here investigated through a numerical approach. The study focuses on the emblematic case of thePantheon in Rome, yet it sheds light on more generic ones. Propagation of incident andreflected blast waves and their impact on the structure are considered in terms of a coupled solid-fluid ...
Masi, Filippo, Stefanou, Ioannis, Vannucci, Paolo, Maffi-Berthier, Victor   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources