In the recent past, processes of urbanisation related to gentrification have been observed in
some rural areas. This article analyses the role of the rehabilitation of vernacular …

Vernacular forms which can be found in North Portugal and Galicia (region of Western
Spain) can be traced down up until times, when this geographical area was bound together …

In this article, I focus on the construction and restoration of houses in the Catalan Pyrenees,
on their materiality, and specifically on the relationship between architectural and heritage …

This paper analyses the vernacular heritage housing built anonymously in Madeira Island,
Portugal, which is a very specific type of vernacular heritage: once its primary function was of …

… in order to compensate the degradation that threatens an urban landscape,
neighbourhoods are classed as safeguarded sectors. But this compensation, already partial …

In the last decades, the concern about the harmful effects of an unruled urban expansion
and land consumption has resulted in growing attention, in the public eye and decisional …

A cultural heritage approach is used to present a scientific analysis of a traditional building
method. A series of detailed monographs are referenced. The article discusses the Central …

Increasingly cities are using regeneration strategies to revive their economy and to give a
facelift to their physical environment to compete on a global catwalk. As urban environments …

The refurbishment of traditional vernacular architecture is currently of interest for the
conservation of heritage, historic landscape and cultural landscape, as well as for its …

Abstract The Alcino Cardoso House (first phase: 1971–1973; second phase: 1988–1991),
located in northern Portugal, was one of the first interventions in pre-existing buildings …