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Learning the Concept of “In-Between” in Architecture from History and Practice

Architecture and Urban Planning
Volume 21 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Zubaidah Nadhem Mahmood ALZubaidi and  Ayşe Sirel  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2025-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8764 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4333
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Language: English
Page range: 151 - 167
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 22, 2025
Published on: Nov 19, 2025
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Contemporary architecture,
borders,
in-between space,
traditional architecture
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Urbanism,
Architecture and design, other

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