Overview
- Documents the conservation and protection activities of architecture in contemporary Iran
- Illustrates the urban history of two major cities in northern Iran
- Analyzes the conservation of numerous Armenian churches and the restorations carried out in recent years
Part of the book series: Research for Development (REDE)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Maurizio Boriani Architect is Full Professor in Architectural Conservation at the Politecnico di Milano (Department of Architectural Design―School of Civil Architecture), retired in 2016. He is Former Director of the Department of Architectural Design at the Politecnico di Milano. He is Member of the Teaching College of the Ph.D. in Architectural Conservation at the Politecnico di Milano. He is Former President of the Scientific Board of the Cultural Heritage Conservation Center of the Politecnico di Milano. He is Research Coordinator on behalf of the UNESCO, World Bank and European Community, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other private and public agencies. He is UNESCO Consultant for Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kossovo, Myanmar; he is Expert in international cooperation on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China, Vietnam, Armenia, Pakistan). His research topics are conservation and management of historic towns and archaeological sites, culturallandscape preservation and management, the history and conservation of gardens. He is the author or editor of more than 250 papers and books on these themes.
Mariacristina Giambruno Architect is recipient of Ph.D. in Preservation of Architectural Heritage and has obtained degree in Restoration of Monuments; she teaches at the School of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Construction Engineering, and at the Graduate School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage (Politecnico di Milano). She is Full Professor in Architectural Conservation. She is Member of the Faculty Board of the Ph.D. program in Architecture, Urban Design, Conservation of Housing and Landscape until 2012, becoming Head of the Ph.D. program in Preservation of Architectural Heritage (Politecnico di Milano) in 2019. Both her teaching and research activity are oriented around the history and theories of architectural heritage, conservation of historical heritage, historical center conservation and management and guidelines and management plans for preserving and promoting cultural heritage. In recent years, she has focused on emerging and transitioning countries, working on and directing international projects in collaboration with organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, AICS in Albania, Iran, Armenia, China, Pakistan and Vietnam. In these countries, she has investigated the role of cultural heritage as a trigger for sustainable development. As a speaker at conferences in Italy and abroad, she has held courses and workshops in Armenia, Vietnam, Portugal, where she is part of a research unit coordinated by the Lusada University of Lisbon. She has authored roughly 150 publications on the preservation of Historical Centers and Architectural Heritage.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Architectural Heritage in the Western Azerbaijan Province of Iran
Book Subtitle: Evidence of an Intertwining of Cultures
Editors: Maurizio Boriani, Mariacristina Giambruno
Series Title: Research for Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83094-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83093-9Published: 06 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-83096-0Published: 07 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-83094-6Published: 04 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-7300
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7319
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 564
Number of Illustrations: 126 b/w illustrations, 219 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Building Construction and Design, Cultural Heritage, Architectural History and Theory, Geography, general