20th century fortess gates in Kraków as spatial marks of the city limits

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Title: 20th century fortess gates in Kraków as spatial marks of the city limits
Author: Suchoń, Filip
Release date: 2014
Place of publication: Kraków
Publisher: Wydawnictwo PK
Published in: Tradition and heritage in the contemporary image of the city : monograph. Vol. 3, Practise and process / edited by Tomasz Jeleński, Stanisław Juchnowicz, Ewelina Woźniak-Szpakiewicz
Pages: 43-51
Language: English
ISBN: 978-83-7242-798-4
Comments: 30th Anniversary of the International Centre of Education
Keywords: urban development of Kraków, the edge of a city, fortifications in the space of a city
Abstract: The goal of this study is to present elements of the city’s identity which are fortress gates of Kraków Fortress from the period between 1907 and 1910. In the article, the Author describes gates, fortress structures belonging to the internal ring of the city’s fortification, against the background of the development of Kraków’s urban structure. The study focuses on their remains preserved until today, as well as the entire original project that they were part of and principles of the architectural shaping of their form towards the requirements of the specific function they were to fulfil. Besides field studies, the source materials included archival design documentation, archival construction standards together with design guidelines, as well as theoretical publications form that time.
PKT classification: 640000 Architektura
Department: Faculty of Architecture
License: Licencja PK. Brak możliwości edycji i druku.
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