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Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, Iss 6 (2025)
ISSN 2660-5821 · INTBAU Spain · 313 articles in the index
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Rehabilitación integral de una casa palacio del siglo XVIII en Fuentes de Andalucía
La intervención ha consistido en la recuperación integral de una casa palacio representativa del barroco andaluz vernáculo. Está situada en la localidad de Fuentes de Andalucía, en la campiña sevillana. Construida a mediados del siglo XVIII por Alonso Ruiz Florindo –máximo exponente de una…
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Revitalizing Tradition in Dandaji, Niger: A Mosque and Library for Community Life
In Dandaji, Niger, the mosque and library designed by Mariam Issoufou and Yasaman Esmaili address the dual challenge of preserving vernacular heritage and providing new community amenities. The original adobe mosque, insufficient for current needs, was conserved and adapted into a library, while a…
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La Casa de la Pimienta Roja en Lamu: Una exploración de los límites del makuti
La Casa de la Pimienta Roja es un proyecto que explora la relación entre arquitectura y naturaleza, con un makuti –cubierta tradicional de hojas de palma– como elemento constructivo que articula el conjunto. Ubicada en Lamu, Kenia, la vivienda respeta el entorno al conservar los árboles existentes…
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Vanderbilt University’s West End Residential Colleges
Vanderbilt University’s West End residential colleges, in Nashville, Tennessee, were designed to enhance campus life through a blend of traditional Collegiate Gothic architecture and modern amenities. They include E. Bronson Ingram College, Nicholas S. Zeppos College, Rothschild College, and the…
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Mosul’s Heritage Restored: The Story of Al-Tahera Church
The restoration of Al-Tahera Syriac Catholic Church in Mosul, Iraq, represents one of the most significant post-conflict heritage recovery efforts worldwide. Hit by airstrikes in 2017, after being used as a court of law during the ISIS occupation, the church was largely destroyed. As the cathedral…
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The Haus am Burggarten in Bonn: At the Top of the Stairs, the Stars
The Haus am Burggarten, built by architect and university professor Uwe Schröder in the Poppelsdorf district of Bonn, is small, housing just six compact student flats, two on each floor. Constructed on a vacant plot, the former garden of a Gründerzeit-era corner building, the house now completes…
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Consideraciones sobre la rehabilitación de una masía en Las Gavarras, Gerona
El artículo presenta la rehabilitación de la masía de Can Fruitós como una intervención ejemplar en el ámbito de la arquitectura vernácula, guiada por criterios de sostenibilidad, coherencia material y continuidad con las técnicas constructivas tradicionales. La estrategia proyectual empleada se…
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Rediscovering the Half-Timber Tradition
After many years working as a commercial manager in the petrochemical industry, I decided at the age of forty to radically change direction and devote myself to timber-framed architecture—a tradition that in Belgium was nearly lost. I studied historic rural buildings, visited open-air museums, and…
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Two Contemporary Hanoks Embracing Tradition and Modern Life: Myeonglinheon and Sugyeongjae
Myeonglinheon and Sugyeongjae exemplify how contemporary Korean hanok houses can reinterpret tradition while responding to modern life. Nestled in Eunpyeong Hanok Village, Myeonglinheon is a three-level dwelling organized around a spacious courtyard, with a public ground floor for gatherings, a…
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The Harsukh Complex in Lahore
The Harsukh Complex, situated near Lahore, Pakistan was designed by the architect Kamil Khan Mumtaz on a commission from Jawad and Bina Khawaja as a family home for themselves and their four children and an arts center. Situated on the family’s agricultural estate, the complex represents a…
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La restauración de una barraca en la Albufera de Valencia
La barraca de cubierta vegetal, símbolo e icono de la tradición arquitectónica de la huerta y los humedales del Levante español, forma parte de una amplia familia de edificios vernáculos de cubierta vegetal que en otro tiempo poblaban la península ibérica y que hoy se hallan en vías de…
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Fetsund: Reimagining the Norwegian Village
Many towns in Norway are characterized by limited housing diversity and car-dependent residential areas. In contrast, several European cities are developing neighborhoods with dense but low-rise housing, based on participatory processes in which residents are given influence. These processes result…
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Ecological Systems of Care: The Nubian Homes of Gharb Aswan
With the rise of sustainable building and the growing desire to “build green” comes a need to understand the centuries-old practice of building with earth. For generations, earthen buildings have been integral to communities around the world, and it is these building practices that show the way for…
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The Art of Khachkar-Making
The khachkar, or Armenian cross-stone, has a unique cultural and artistic tradition originating in the fourth to the seventh centuries. Evolving from simple carved crosses to intricate compositions of symbolic motifs, it enjoyed a golden age spanning from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries…
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Selected Counterprojects in Brussels
This article explores the role of counterprojects as didactic tools for challenging destructive modernist practices and proposing alternative visions rooted in tradition and civic identity. Drawing on the legacy of Léon Krier and Maurice Culot, it criticizes the superficiality of much contemporary…
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Una fragua hidráulica en activo: El Mazo de Mazonovo y la forja del hierro en Asturias
El Mazo de Mazonovo, en Santa Eulalia de Oscos, es una fragua hidráulica del siglo XVIII que continúa activa como taller de forja. En este lugar aplico las mismas técnicas de trabajo del hierro que los herreros locales han empleado durante generaciones. El conjunto demuestra la precisión y la…
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Indiana Limestone in Three Classical Buildings Today
This essay examines the contemporary use of Indiana limestone, a material employed in the United States for over two centuries for its durability and aesthetic qualities. Three recent Classical projects illustrate its versatility: the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Tampa (2018), featuring a Doric…
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Proportion as the Timeless Essence of Mughal Architecture
This paper presents a geometric analysis of four seventeenth-century Mughal buildings in an attempt to decipher the design methods used by Mughal architects to create their masterpieces. The geometric analysis is placed in the framework of the Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradises) plan-form, the…
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La casa de “techo de oreja” en la Mixteca Baja de Puebla: Sistema constructivo tradicional Ñuu’Davi
La casa de “techo de oreja”, propia de la región Ñuu’Davi en México, constituye una tipología cuyo sistema constructivo se ha transmitido de manera tradicional desde tiempos remotos. En la actualidad, diversos factores socioeconómicos han provocado que su uso desaparezca casi por completo. En 2024…
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Tegizamin: The Invisible Engineering of Ichan-kala, Khiva
Khiva, a UNESCO World Heritage city, is widely known for its monumental architecture, but beneath its iconic madrasahs and minarets lies a lesser-known legacy: an intricate underground water infrastructure based on cisterns known as tegizamins. This article investigates the historical logic and…