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Trade, Tension, and Transformation: A Century of Change in Xiamen Bund
Posted by Ruoqi Yu on 2025-02-04
Today, many former treaty ports have repurposed their historical waterfronts to project a modern, globally connected image. But how did foreign intervention and commercial expansion shape the modernization of the Bund in these port cities? In the Chinese context, major cities like Hong Kong and Shanghai often take centre stage. In contrast, Xiamen—a key maritime hub in southeast China and one of [...]
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Co-Sharing a Heritage Site as a Living Memorial – the story of Tyneham in Dorset
Posted by Milena Metalkova-Markova on 2024-12-03
My paper depicts the story of Tyneham village in Dorset, UK, whose population was displaced to other areas nearby before WWII, as the site was selected to become an active tank shooting ground by the UK Ministry of Defence. Intended as a temporary relocation of the residents, in reality they were never allowed to return to their village and nowadays village settlement’ ruins, a school and a [...]
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Architecture_MPS – Now indexed in SCOPUS
Posted by Architecture_MPS Editorial Office on 2024-10-02
Following a rigorous evaluation process, Architecture_MPS is pleased to announce it has been accepted for indexing in SCOPUS. Researchers publishing in the journal will now be indexed automatically in SCOPUS, in addition to the list of other indexers, including the Web of Science. The official journal of the international research organization, Architecture, Media, Politics, Society (AMPS), [...]
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How to remember – How to rebuild
Posted by Marie Nevejan and Gisèle Gantois on 2024-10-01
Narratives in the shadow of ypres’ reconstruction Like a phoenix rising from the ashes. The name chosen by the Westhoek to present the story of the reconstruction to the general public in 2020 is particularly noteworthy. Ypres is a city in the West of Flanders (Belgium) that was completely destroyed during the First World War. ‘The Death of Ypres’ was announced, illustrating a farewell to the [...]
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