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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (III) - CYCLOPEAN AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF MORE DEVELOPED ARCHITECTURE [PDF]

e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2023
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, Frano Oreč, Valerija Kopilaš   +2 more
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Rapa Nui (Easter Island)’s Stone Worlds [PDF]

Archaeology International, 2013
This article explores the spatial, architectural and conceptual relationships between landscape places, stone quarrying, and stone moving and building during Rapa Nui’s statue-building period.
Hamilton, SDA, Sue Hamilton
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Flat stone ceilings in the medieval Armenian architecture [PDF]

Проект Байкал
Flat stone ceilings were not typical for medieval architecture. Nevertheless, such ceilings had an exceptional development in Armenian architecture from the 11th to the 13th centuries.
Армен Казарян
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Architecture in stone [PDF]

, 2017
An active quarry is a constantly changing landscape. Its raw and edgy character express an ongoing conflict between nature on the one hand, and human influence on the other. This inspired the design of a building carved out of the rock by the diamond wire saw, a technique used in the quarrying process.
Galtung, Kathrine Atterås
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Stone Town Built Heritage Identity as a Stimulus to Sustainable Urban Growth within Zanzibar City [PDF]

Environmental Science and Sustainable Development
Stone Town, located in Unguja Island, Zanzibar, is one of East Africa's oldest towns, showcasing Swahili urbanism and culture influenced by Arab, European, Indian, and African heritage.
Ali Haji Khamis, Saija Hollmén, Anna Koskinen, Ledia Nimri   +3 more
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Insuring Artificial Stone

Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2023
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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Reconstruction and restoration of monuments of white stone architecture on the example of the church of the Image of Edessa in Abramtsevo [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The article deals with the topic of preserving the historical appearance of objects during the reconstruction and restoration of architectural masterpieces.
Borovaya E.L., Zommer T.V., Chernyshev S.N., Bartsits R.Ch., Chistov P.D.   +4 more
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MODEL PROJECTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF RESIDENTIAL STONE BUILDINGS IN TOBOLSK PROVINCE IN THE LATE 19th – EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Архитектон, 2022
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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Christian settlement at Failaka, Qusur site (Kuwait):excavations in 2011 and 2013 [PDF]

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2016
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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Stone in landscape architecture [PDF]

, 2022
Da bismo razumjeli kamen i njegov odnos s krajobraznom arhitekturom, moramo se zapitati što je kamen kao dio prirode i što je kamen kao materijal. Stijene su gotovo sveprisutne oko nas kao zemljina kora i okosnica svijeta.
Bilogrević, Vili
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