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Cultural influences on the yards of Italian migrants’ houses built in Brisbane (Australia)
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( SAGE Publications , 2020 , Article)Italian migrants, as well as diverse migrant groups, brought with them cultural practices and a way of life, which are nowadays part of the multicultural Australian built environment and society. This research study focuses ... -
The Development of Vital Precincts in Doha: Urban Regeneration and Socio-Cultural Factors
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Scientific Research Publishing , 2015 , Article)Through the past few decades, Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has experienced an extraordinary economic growth and transformation of its built environment. This has been caused by post-WWII oil and natural gas ... -
Editorial: Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Study
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( OMICS International , 2016 , Article)The research study aimed to understand how first generation Italian migrants in Brisbane have influenced the form of a specific typology of dwelling, the archetypal ‘house on a quarter-acre block’, in the post WWII ... -
From Sojourners to Settlers: A Qualitative Study of the Homes of Italian Migrants in Brisbane (Australia)
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Juniper Publishing Group , 2017 , Article)This research study focuses on the architecture of the domestic dwellings built by a group of twenty first-generation migrants, natives of the Veneto region in Italy. This group migrated to Australia after WWII and built ... -
Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Study
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( OMICS International , 2015 , Article Review)The research study aimed to understand how first generation Italian migrants in Brisbane have influenced the form of a specific typology of dwelling, the archetypal ‘house on a quarter-acre block’, in the post WWII period. In ... -
Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Culture and Built Heritage as a Tool for Cultural Continuity
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)(The Problem) The classical theorist Vitruvius celebrates architecture as an expression of societies’ cultural factors where culture has a determinant role in shaping built forms. Despite this notion of architecture has ... -
Post-WWII Italian Immigration to Australia: The Catholic Church as a Means of Social Integration and Italian Associations as a Way of Preserving Italian Culture
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2016 , Article)Historically, most Italians have been Roman Catholics. Also, the majority of Italian immigrants who migrated to Australia have remained Catholics. In Brisbane, in which a large number of Italian migrants migrated in post ... -
The Souq Waqif Heritage Site in Doha: Spatial Form and Livability
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The aim of this paper is to examine how and the extent to which the urban form of the heritage site of the Souq Waqif in Doha (1) encourages the formation of enhanced levels of social and community engagement (i.e., social ... -
The Symbolic Realm of Italian Migrants’ Post-WWII Houses in Australia
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( Routledge , 2018 , Article)The Post-WWII period witnessed a large immigration flow of Italians towards Australia. This was facilitated by the assisted passage scheme funded by the Italian and Australian governments. Italian migrants, as well as ... -
Urban Regeneration of GCC Cities: Preserving the Urban Fabric’s Cultural Heritage and Social Complexity
Furlan, Raffaello; Faggion, Laura ( MedCrave Group , 2017 , Article)Urban Planning is the activity aiming at organizing the urban space, ordering the land use and the built environment where human activities take place. In the past decades cities located in the GCC have experienced a ...