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Selected examples of integrating contemporary architecture into an ancient context Cover

Selected examples of integrating contemporary architecture into an ancient context

By: Fatima Mazouz and  Amine Behilil  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 23 - 30
Submitted on: Oct 21, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 17, 2025
Published on: Sep 18, 2025
Published by: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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