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This paper examines experiments to increase the durability of architecture as a means to manage the risk of catastrophic loss through tangible systems of artificial material and intangible systems of insurance.
Kyle Stover
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Smart-Readiness Assessment of a Complex Residential Building in Ukraine
Smart building concepts are a relevant topic for the Ukrainian building sector. Although the current policy is mostly dedicated to the improvement of the current energy-saving situation in the building stock, the concept discussed could provide valuable ...
Adegov Olexandr +4 more
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The article is devoted to the stone architecture of cities in the Tobolsk province (Tobolsk, Tyumen, Ishim, Yalutorovsk) dating back to the second half of the 19th - early 20th century. The stone house designs have been studied.
Volynets Ekaterina I.
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (III) - CYCLOPEAN AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF MORE DEVELOPED ARCHITECTURE
Megalithic architecture is related to a series of ancient stone monuments of giant dimensions, which were constructed using almost untreated individual stones or stones grouped into certain structures, but also to numerous buildings of more recent ...
Krešimir Šaravanja +2 more
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Christian settlement at Failaka, Qusur site (Kuwait):excavations in 2011 and 2013 [PDF]
Excavations of the Qusur complex in the center of Failaka Island in Kuwait commenced in2011 and were continued in 2013, carried out by a team from the University of Warsaw. A magneticprospection preceded the fieldwork.
Magdalena Żurek
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Lithic design and additive manufacturing – A feasible partnership for the circular economy
This paper presents the results of a research aimed at elucidating the value and role of emerging technologies in architecture and design, with a particular focus on additive manufacturing and multi-material technology for the production of modular and ...
Katia Gasparini
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Proposal for the nomination of Lower Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese Islands as a "Global Heritage Stone Resource" [PDF]
The Lower Globigerina Limestone of the Maltese Islands is here being proposed for nomination as a “Global Heritage Stone Resource”. This stone, continuously used for building and sculpture for 6000 years, is well suited to fit this global designation as ...
Cassar, JoAnn +3 more
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Natural Stone and Architectural Heritage [PDF]
This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in vernacular and contemporaneous architecture. Heritage stones are those stones that have special significance in human culture.
Pereira, Lola +2 more
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The Fourth-Century AD Expansion of the Graeco-Roman Settlement of Karanis (Kom Aushim) in the Northern Fayum* [PDF]
The Graeco-Roman town of Karanis, founded during the Ptolemaic Period in the north-eastern Fayum in the third century bc and long thought to have been abandoned in the third century ad actually saw a substantial expansion during the fourth century AD ...
Barnard, Hans +4 more
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The mathematical model of the stress-strain ratio of compressed concrete at elevated temperatures for composite structures described in Eurocode EN 1994-1-2:2005 Eurocode 4 divided in two stages: Stage 1 - represents the ascending branch and is defined ...
Fomin Stanislav +4 more
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