It is widely accepted that seismic design philosophies do not follow the efficiency of seismic analysis methods is quite remarkable. Torsionally unbalanced structures, is a common field where any of the proposed design ...

Several decades of research and development placed new tools in the hands of engineers, builders, supervisors, surveyors, contractors and all people associated with the construction industry. In this paper, we are referring ...

Silos are industrial facilities used for storing a huge range of different materials. They should be designed to resist several loading conditions, and their seismic behaviour, which strongly depends on the geometrical and ...

The tourist industry in Cyprus, from its early beginning until now, has traveled a path of more than one century. Tourism on the island makes its first steps during the British rule. It establishes itself as an influential ...

Property taxes are one of the traditional revenue sources for most governments of the world, and have existed for a very long time. The tax is collected at different administration levels, ranging from the national to the ...

The network of spatial interventions proposed for the Pafos2017 “Open Air Factory” was not conceived as a mere series of sites for events, but as a place-making tool for re-defining the identity of Pafos and re-directing ...

Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η μελέτη της βέλτιστης αξιοποίησης του περιαστικού δάσους Αθαλάσσας, στη Λευκωσία, και του περιαστικού δάσους Πέγειας, στην Πάφο, μέσω της διερεύνησης και ανάλυσης της άποψης του κοινού, ...

Η γενική σύγχυση που είναι διάχυτη παγκοσμίως σήμερα σε σχέση με την αρχιτεκτονική φαίνεται να έχει συστήσει μια κατάσταση σύμφωνα με την οποία σχεδόν οτιδήποτε, οποιαδήποτε υποτιθέμενη ιδέα, να βρίσκει μεγάλη δημοσιόmτα ...

As the main theme of Pafos’s bid to become the 2017 European Capital of Culture, the Pafos 2017 Working Group developed the idea of the “Open-Air Factory” as a framework that would host the city’s cultural activities in ...

Η ικανοποίηση της συνεχούς ζήτησης αναψυχής στο περιαστικό δάσος προϋποθέτει την διαχείριση του χώρου κατάλληλα ώστε αφενός μεν να παρέχει καλύτερες υπηρεσίες στους επισκέπτες, και αφετέρου να προστατευθεί από την ...