Open House International: Volume 45 Issue 3

The experience of post-war reconstruction: the case of built heritage in Bosnia

Lana Kudumovic

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges and justification of the reconstruction of built heritage in Bosnia. This paper also debates the effect of setting up a…

Analysis of the current development of community centers in Jeddah city

Ammar A. Naji, Ayad Almaimani, Khan Rubayet Rahaman

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been experiencing extensive development in the fields of architecture and planning in recent decades, which has included developing community…

Toward a diversified economy in post-pandemic environment: regeneration of Qatari villages

Ghada H. Fetais, Remah Gharib

This paper aims to explore the possibilities of economic diversification in the State of Qatar through the regeneration of built heritage post the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting…

The attitudes of residents on the conservation of built-heritage of a historic temple town – Kanchipuram, India

Thirumaran Kesavaperumal, Kiruthiga Kandasamy, Renganathan Ramasubramanian

The degradation of a town’s traditional architectural settings is a prominent issue in the historic towns that possess a rich heritage and legacies of architectural character in…

Revisiting the spatial form of traditional villages in Chaoshan, China

Xu Huang, Yuanyuan Gu

Compared to other areas in China, Chaoshan region in Guangdong province has a more developed clan system set within a rural landscape. This paper aims to explore the relationship…

Edge effect of streets in old residential areas in Chengdu, China

Lingyan Zhong, Ming Tan

Taking the streets of an old residential area in Chengdu, China, as an example, this study aims to analyse street as a transitional space that combines adjacent heterogeneous…

Neighborhood location and its association with place attachment and residential satisfaction

Elif Aksel, Çağrı İmamoğlu

This paper aims to investigate the association of neighborhood location with place attachment and residential satisfaction.