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Mzab: five fortified cities as a system of habitation
The traditional environment connects the city's structure to the community.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Nara: capital, temples and traces of a palace
Historical Nara is read through various types of monuments. Temple, sanctuary and archaeological remains do not show the same thing.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Nesebar: how churches and houses tell different eras
Old Nessebar is not an architecture of a moment. Ancient remains, medieval churches and later houses exist in a common urban environment.
Published22 Oct 2026
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New Lanark: factory, school and housing
The model of an industrial community can be read in the different types of buildings.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Nikko: why the natural environment is part of the ensemble
The temples and shrines of Nikko are considered together with their surroundings. The decorative detail is only one of the scales of observation.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Nisa: The Parthian Center as an Archaeological Ensemble
The Old and New Nysa store traces of various urban functions.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Notre Dame in Paris: towers, bells and construction stages
The familiar western facade is part of a lengthy construction process. Stone towers and internal wooden bell structures have different tasks.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Oaxaca and Monte Albán: two ways of organizing terrain
Monte Albán combines terraces, pyramids, canals and shaped mountain spaces. Nearby Oaxaca presents a colonial grid and buildings adapted to an earthquake-prone setting.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Old Havana: courtyards and arcades between street and home
Old Havana combines Baroque and neoclassical monuments with houses, arcades, balconies and internal courtyards. The ensemble belongs to a wider port and fortification context.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Old Québec: fortifications and two urban levels
Old Québec combines a fortified Upper Town on the cliff with a Lower Town and historic districts. Religious, administrative and defensive buildings form a shared ensemble.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Olinda: gardens participating in an urban ensemble
Olinda’s history connects Portuguese colonization with the sugar industry. Following destruction and rebuilding, its setting combines houses, gardens, Baroque churches and convents.
Published22 Oct 2026
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Olomouc: the column as an urban monument
The vertical monument combines sculpture and spatial presence.
Published22 Oct 2026