the article deals with the traditional dwellings in the UNESCO World Heritage ancient
settlements (ksour) of M 'zab Valley in Algerian desert. The Mozabite habitats are reflection …

The vernacular building of Mzab settlements shows the optimization, over many centuries of
the performance of locally available materials within the climatic conditions of southern …

The increased consciousness of environmental problems by architects has led to search for
the way of designing buildings to comply with the principles of social, economic, and …

The research “Conservation, rehabilitation and valorization of the traditional earth built
heritage” coordinated by the Faculty of Architecture of Cagliari has provided the inspiration …

The period of the fourteenth century is regarded as one era of political crisis and
fragmentation of the Maghreb in small states. This climate had contributed to the emergence …

Man has always built and lived in earthen architecture. These have many qualities
according to the geographical areas, specificities even if the agglomerations developed from …

Abstract Most World Heritage Sites in the Maghreb region are threatened by numerous
natural and anthropic hazards, the latter usually due to complex economic, social and …

The human settlement of M'zab is a traditional habitat located in the Sa-hara of Algeria; it
considered by its richness in bioclimatic elements and distinguished by a typological variety …

Traditional architecture has always demonstrated a strong relationship between the
buildings and their environment, as these are designed with the climatic conditions and …

Southern Algeria offers a wide variety of vernacular earthen architecture: simple houses,
granaries, palaces, religious buildings, urban centers, cultural landscapes and …