Cemeteries constitute some of oldest and largest green and open spaces in Beirut. With the
rapid densification of the city, and the extensive loss of green space, understanding the …

There is a troubling condition at the core of Christian theology: Christ leaves and leaves us
be–forsaken, abandoned to oblivion and exposed to the withdrawal of God. And yet, hope …

As Toronto runs out of burial space, there currently lacks a set of guidelines to direct the
cemetery planning process. This paper explores the barriers in the cemetery planning …

In a poem that he wrote in 1958, the Finnish modernist poet Pertti Nieminen remarked:'Few
read/the epitaph engraved in the wind.'1 Like epitaphs engraved in the wind, Alvar Aalto's …

I dagens urbaniserade samhälle avtar intresset för den traditionella begravningsplatsen
samtidigt som trycket på stadsnära grönytor ökar. Detta har lett till att begravningsplatser i …

The importance of sacred architecture to the story of modern architecture is typically
acknowledged only when churches (and more rarely synagogues or other buildings …

The present bibliography is a continuation of and a complement to those published in the
Urban History Yearbook 1974–91 and Urban History from 1992. The arrangement and …