PublicationsConflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places Shepperson, M. 2021. A Parthian city in the Iran-Iraq war: Incorporating the ancient site of Charax Spasinou into a modern conflict landscape. In N. Saunders and P. Cornish (eds.) Conflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places. Abingdon: Routledge. In press. Abstract Conflict Landscapes explores the long…
PublicationsOuled Youssef. An Old Ksar in the M’Hamid Oasis Summary This publication gives us the opportunity to showcase the rich heritage, both material and immaterial, of Ksar Ouled Youssef, in the M’Hamid Oasis, in the hope to generate wider awareness of its cultural significance and struggle to survive desertification, sand dunes encroachment and outmigration. It…
PublicationsRE-cycling Territories, Territories of RE-cycling Quattrone, G., 2016. RE-cycling Territories, Territories of RE-cycling. In: C. Nava ed., The laboratory_city: sustainable recycle and key enabling technologies. Rome: ARACNE editrice S.r.l., pp.73-89, ISBN 88-8296-117-6 Abstract Sites and landscapes are created and altered by large-scale human activity, industrial and manufacturing processes in the name of progress, economic development…
PublicationsThe Territories of Identity Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization Bandyopadhyay, S., & Montiel, G. G. (2013). The Territories of Identity Architecture in the Age of Evolving Globalization. Routledge. About the Book The expedited globalised process of exchange and new forms of cultural production have transformed old established notions of identity, calling into question…
PublicationsBeyond disciplinary boundaries: “expert-reviewed” research for the Omani government Quattrone, G. (2013). Beyond disciplinary boundaries: “expert-reviewed” research for the Omani government. In M. F. Ottone (Ed.), Theories and experimental design for research in architectural technology (pp. 437-445). Firenze: Firenze University Press. Abstract Impactful research spans disciplinary and methodological boundaries, intersecting broad spectra of theoretical and…
PublicationsManah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy Bandyopadhyay, S. (2011). Manah: Omani Oasis, Arabian Legacy; architecture and social history of an Omani Oasis settlement. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. About the Book The book is an attempt to understand the vernacular architecture of a corner of the Arabian Peninsula that has not received its due attention. Concerned primarily…
PublicationsThe Humanities in Architectural Design A Contemporary and Historical Perspective Bandyopadhyay, S., Lomholt, J., Temple, N., & Tobe, R. (2010). The Humanities in Architectural Design A Contemporary and Historical Perspective. Routledge. About the Book Offering an in-depth consideration of the impact which humanities have had on the processes of architecture and design, this book asks…
PublicationsThe Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre Bandyopadhyay, S. & Jackson, I, The Collection, the Ruin and the Theatre: Architecture, sculpture and landscape in Nek Chand’s Rock Garden, Chandigarh, Liverpool University Press, 2007 About the Book Thirty-six years ago, Nek Chand, a humble transport official in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, began to clear…
PublicationsFrom Another World! A Possible Buyid Origin of the Decorated Mihrab of Central Oman? Bandyopadhyay, S. (2007). From Another World! A Possible Buyid Origin of the Decorated Mihrab of Central Oman?. In E. Olijdam, & E. al (Eds.), Intercultural Relations between South and Southeast Asia, Studies in Commemoration of E.C.L. During Caspers (1934-1966) (pp. 11).…
PublicationsContemplating the Unfinished: Architectural Drawing and the Fabricated Ruin Bandyopadhyay, S., & Temple, N. (2007). (With Temple, N.) Contemplating the Unfinished: Architectural Drawing and the Fabricated Ruin. In M. Frascari, J. Hale, & B. Starkey (Eds.), From Models to Drawings: On Representation in Architecture (pp. 10). London: Routledge Author(s) Soumyen Bandyopadhyay N. Temple Country United…