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Contemporary Architecture in Tirana during the Transition Period

Author(s) -

Florian Nepravishta

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

south east european journal of architecture and design

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1857-9353

DOI - 10.3889/seejad.2016.10019

Subject(s) - architecture , studio , redevelopment , period (music) , urban planning , capital (architecture) , history , capital city , transition (genetics) , visual arts , architectural engineering , archaeology , engineering , civil engineering , art , economic geography , aesthetics , geography , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

AIM: Tirana is a city that in transition period has been changed and transformed both architecturally and in its urban form.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Unavoidable changes in urban rush: from unregulated spontaneous development and without infrastructure it has gone through the urban redevelopment planning and architectural projects.RESULTS: Actually some of the most famous European studios, from Bolles+Wilson to MVRDV, AtenaStudio, Bjarke Ingels, Archaea Studio, Grimshaw, Daniel Libeskind are facing Tirana capital that has claimed the international architectural culture’s attention.CONCLUSION: This article draws a view of contemporary architecture produced by domestic and international architects and planners in a city looking through the new century with a will of renewal throw contemporary planning and architecture

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