PublicationsDevelopment in World Heritage Cities Alsalloum, Ataa (2018). Development in World Heritage Cities. The Building Conservation Directory (Pp. 25-28). Built heritage in use must accommodate change from time to time if it is to remain in use, and the term conservation has come to define the process of managing change sympathetically. Urban areas are no different. Successful management of development…
PublicationsRebuilding and Reconciliation in Homs Alsalloum, Ataa & Jackson, Iain (2017). Rebuilding and Reconciliation in Homs. Context No. 150, IHBC. (Pp. 27-30). With the fighting seeming to be over in the Syrian city of Homs, the reconstruction of damaged religious buildings has given impetus to rebuilding the city’s communities. Author(s) Ataa Alsaloum Iain Jackson Country…
PublicationsVirtual Representation of the Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Education Al Zeiback, Mhd Amer & Alsalloum, Ataa (2016): Virtual Representation of the Built Environment in Architectural and Urban Education. Damascus University Journal of Engineering Science. 1717 (2016). ISSN 1999-7302. (Arabic). Author(s) Mhd Amer Al Zeiback Ataa Alsaloum Country – Language Arabic Subject – Area…
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, vol 45, 123-138. Abstract This paper explores the history of the Chinese porcelain trade in Oman with the aim of…
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), 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, no.27, vol.2 Abstract Following Oman’s post-1970 rapid modernization and the…
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, 27-46. Abstract Omani dwelling types remain…
PublicationsA New International Instrument: the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, Remarks and Questions Alsalloum, Ataa. (2011). ‘A New International Instrument: the UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape, Remarks and Questions’. INTBAU. Overview UNESCO’s new Instrument establishes a comprehensive set of principles to guide current practice of urban conservation of heritage and historic urban…
PublicationsTempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture Bandyopadhyay, S. (2008). Tempering Architecture: Design Thinking in a Globalised Culture. Abacus. 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 and…
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. Volume 1, Issue 3. Abstract Regionalist architecture offers a promising and conscientious response to the present…