Traditional architecture is an essential part of human civilization. The house concept in Indonesia very diverse and has different characteristics according to the culture environmental conditions region. This study aims evaluate identity Gurabunga traditional Tidore Island analyze positive features that can be developed sustainable development through literature studies field observations. res...

The beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, was built by enslaved Africans, and the painful historical connections between classical architecture slavery have encouraged some critics to see classicism as racist. Contemporary black artist Jonathan Green, however, proposed a new way viewing Charleston’s buildings: testament creativity resilience that fused African architectural traditions, ...

one of the issues in theory field of architecture semiotic which has been considered in recent decades is how different layers of a contextual architecture work together and the effect of this cooperation on consolidation or fall in solidarity of architecture system. to specify this subject it is essential to know about classification of triple conceptions' semiotic named icon, index, symb...

the present paper first with a look to the today's architecture demonstrate that on one hand in the field of opinion in education and architecture view, there is no constant and clear standard and on the other hand what exists in the field of action, increase this disturbance and disorder. among the solution adopted in the field of action are: imitation and repetition of traditional (past)...