fi ndings: A number of studies have examined the property value impacts of historic preservation, but few have considered how preservation shapes neighborhood composition. In this study, we ask whether the designation of historic districts contributes to changes in the racial composition and socioeconomic status of New York City neighborhoods. Bringing together data on historic districts with a...

landscape architect mohammad shaheer (1948-2015) was the principal consultant in the restoration of several historic gardens in india and afghanistan. this article presents his particular approaches and methods in three landscape restoration projects: humayun’s tomb gardens and sunder nursery central axis in delhi, and babur garden in kabul.shaheer had a deep understanding of persian garden and...

Previous theoretical frameworks used to research and explain creative design processes tend privilege individual expression not address the context in which process occurs. This is problematic due ways activities are embedded shaped by socio-cultural historic contexts. In this article we focus on cultural activity theory (CHAT) its analytical systems can be reveal context. We draw tools concept...

Orangeries, palm houses and orchid houses, the peculiar cultural complexes usually consituting the variety of the palace setting, due to the assigned „brittle matter” to them, need the extraordinary and stable care. Deprived of the farmer they quickly undergo destruction. The condition of the orchid house of the palace-park compex of the Łańcut castle, was disastrous within the post-war period....

This is a preliminary report on a project to characterize the historic species composition of coastal sage scrub vegetation in southern California using plot data collected between 1929 and 1934 by the USDA Forest Service's Vegetation Type Map (VTM) survey. Records and maps from a large historic data set collected for the VTM survey were converted into a digital database and GIS coverage. Histo...