Whilst adaptive reuse is often applied with good outcomes, we are also faced with projects
that have not achieved the desired results. There is little insight into why some projects …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relation between building conservation
and circular economy (CE), which are often erroneously seen as inherently contradictory to …

Purpose–The paper aims to offer a contribution to the development of conservation scheme
management by examining some of the ethical dilemmas that are commonly encountered in …

Ethnography offers a route to knowing about the everyday activities of construction workers,
but its long duration is not always suited to the site environment or the researcher's …

Values and a values-based approach to management and decision-making processes over
cultural heritage are explored and critically reviewed. It is argued that a broader range of …

Purpose–Many of the heritage adaptive reuse projects in Islamic Cairo did not report
success. Existing evaluations are usually drawn from a singular perspective–such as …

Historische Bauwerke erlauben uns Einsichten in das Wesen an sich bereits verflüchtigter,
auf andere Weise nicht mehr erfahrbarer Zeitabschnitte. Doch wie ‚authentisch 'sind diese …

In the fields of archaeology, art history and history, spolia have traditionally been studied as
phenomena of the past. Today, the reuse of salvaged construction components and …

Khirbat Iskandar is an Early Bronze Age (ca. 3800-1950 BCE) mound in the Madaba
Governorate of Jordan. Until a decade ago, it was better known as a key site for the non …

This article explores material culture and peoples' engagement with built environments from
the perspective of vernacular architecture, adaptive reuse and more specifically barn …