the importance of iranian ancient as architectural heritage have to competent international prestige a nd respect due this is important with regard to proper conservation met hods based on non-destructive evaluation methods and non-contact testing providing enough accuracy and speed to bri ng performance to stabilize while correct location and age value of valuable architectural aspect of quant...

Egypt has a countless heritage of mansions, castles, cities, towns, villages, industrial and manufacturing sites. This richness of heritage provides endless and matchless prospects for culture. Despite being famous worldwide, Egypt’s heritage still is in constant need of protection. Political conflicts and religious revolutions form a direct threat to buildings in various areas, historic, archa...

Photogrammetric documentation can provide a sound database for the needs of architectural heritage preservation. However, the major part of photogrammetric documentation production is not used for subsequent architectural heritage projects, due to lack of knowledge of photogrammetric documentation accuracy. In addition, there are only a few studies with rigorous analysis of the requirements for...

Bam Project started suddenly after the earthquake on December 26, 2003, that collapsed an important cultural heritage in south-east Iran, Citadel of Bam. This paper briefly summarizes our nearly eight years of effort for post-disaster reconstruction of Bam Citadel. The paper starts with the framework of the project that consists of architectural process and conceptual process and we discuss the...

Mysore city is known as the ‘city of palaces’. It is an ancient, historical, cultural capital and a heritage city in India. The city has been recognised as a heritage city under the cultural tag both by the state and national governments. The total harmony of architectural buildings, sites, lakes, parks and open spaces and the back drop of Chamundi hills adds to the city’s attraction. The city ...

Abstract: Aside of architectural heritage that is readily visible to the public like well-known tourist sites, there are many heritage objects which only exist in restricted excavation sites or in museums to where they have been moved. Some of them exist in literature only. Archaeologists put a lot of effort into the reconstruction of architectural heritage, even in digital form. Still, most of...

The classification of the images taken during the measurement of an architectural asset is an essential task within the digital documentation of cultural heritage. A large number of images are usually handled, so their classification is a tedious task (and therefore prone to errors) and habitually consumes a lot of time. The availability of automatic techniques to facilitate these sorting tasks...

This article studies the architectural design and cultural significance of Villa Namazee, a modernist building designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti in Tehran. The study explores how building, once symbol modernity progress, has been neglected, delisted from national heritage, fallen into disrepair. Focusing primarily on case Namazee Tehran, Iran, as an example Ponti’s projects Middle Eastern...