PublicationsFalaj Communities in Oman: A Case for Local Governance? Bandyopadhyay, S., Mershen, B., 2022. Falaj Communities in Oman: A Case for Local Governance? Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World, 3 (1). pp. 6-47. Abstract This contribution studies the complex arrangement of legal, socio-economic, and technical aspects of the aflāj (s. falaj) water distribution…
PublicationsExploring the role of strategic environmental assessment in cultural heritage tourism planning: a case study of the Srirangapatna-Mysore region in India Jha-Thakur, U., Khosravi, F., Quattrone, G., Bandyopadhyay, S., Magedera, I., & Garikipati, S., 2020. Exploring the role of strategic environmental assessment in cultural heritage tourism planning: a case study of the Srirangapatna-Mysore region in…
PublicationsAn architectural analysis of the Sealand building at Tell Khaiber Shepperson, M., 2020. An architectural analysis of the Sealand building at Tell Khaiber. Iraq, 82, pp.207-226. Abstract This paper analyses the architecture of the large fortified building excavated at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq, the first known example of monumental architecture from the Sealand Kingdom.…
PublicationsZeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie Campbell, S., Hauser, S. R., Killick, R., Moon, J., Shepperson, M. and Doležálová, V., 2018. Charax Spasinou: New Investigations at the Capital of Mesene. Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie band 11. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Orient-Abteilung, pp.212-239. Abstract The city of Charax Spasinou was a major trading centre of the Arsacid Empire. Located near the…
PublicationsChinese porcelains and the decorations of Omani mihrabs Goffriller, M. S., Hongjiao, M., Bandyopadhyay, S., & Henderson, J., 2015. Chinese porcelains and the decorations of Omani mihrabs. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 45, pp.123-138. Abstract This paper explores the history of the Chinese porcelain trade in Oman with the aim of gauging the…
PublicationsTraces of Buddhist architecture in Gupta and post-Gupta Bengal: Evidence from inscriptions and literature Bandyopadhyay, S., Reza, M. H., & Mowla, Q. A., 2015. Traces of Buddhist architecture in Gupta and post-Gupta Bengal: Evidence from inscriptions and literature. Journal of Eurasian Studies, 7(3), pp.9-19. Abstract This paper discusses the development of Buddhism in Bengal during…
PublicationsChanging communities and discarded landscapes. Strategies and methods towards new life cycles for Omani traditional oasis environments Quattrone, G. & Bandyopadhyay, S., 2013. Changing communities and discarded landscapes. Strategies and methods towards new life cycles for Omani traditional oasis environments. Planum. The Journal of Urbanism, 27(2) Abstract Following Oman’s post-1970 rapid modernization and the flourishing…
PublicationsIn times of war: Typological and morphological characteristics of dwellings in Hārat al-Yemen in Izkī, Oman Bandyopadhyay, S., Quattrone, G., & Al-Abri, H. N., 2013. In times of war: Typological and morphological characteristics of dwellings in Hārat al-Yemen in Izkī, Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 43, pp.27-46. Abstract Omani dwelling types remain…
PublicationsTempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture Bandyopadhyay, S., 2008. Tempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture. Abacus. Abstract Today architectural thinking and pedagogy stands at a critical crossroad as it attempts to grapple with globalisation and concomitant complexity. The new era has raised fundamental questions regarding our allegiance to traditional belief structures…
PublicationsAddressing Cultural, Social and Environmental Sustainability in Architecture. The Approach of Five Contemporary Australian Architects Quattrone, G., 2007. Addressing Cultural, Social and Environmental Sustainability in Architecture. The Approach of Five Contemporary Australian Architects. Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal. 1 (3). Abstract Regionalist architecture offers a promising and conscientious response to the present scenario…