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Defensive architecture can refer to:

  • Fortifications, military constructions or buildings designed to defend territories in warfare and/or to solidify rule in a region during peace time
  • Hostile architecture, a controversial urban design trend in which public spaces are constructed or altered to discourage people from using them in a way not intended by the owner

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Hostile architecture

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Defensive design Functionalism (architecture) Privately owned public space New Urbanism Urban vitality Natural surveillance Also known as defensive architecture...

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Defensive architecture

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Defensive architecture can refer to: Fortifications, military constructions or buildings designed to defend territories in warfare and/or to solidify rule...

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Peace lines

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Project published a study entitled "Interface Barriers, Peacelines & Defensive Architecture" that identified 97 separate walls, barriers and interfaces in Belfast...

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Battlement

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A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height)...

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Defensive wall

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A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple...

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Constantinople

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complex fortifications, which ranked among the most sophisticated defensive architecture of antiquity. The Theodosian Walls consisted of a double wall lying...

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Romanesque architecture

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Italian Gothic architecture. The Romanesque period was a time of great development in the design and construction of defensive architecture. After churches...

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Architecture

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Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process...

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Tiwanaku Empire

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traditionally used to define archaic states and empires: there is no defensive architecture at any Tiwanaku site or changes in weapon technology, there are...

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Defensive aids system

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potential threat to its safety. A Defensive Aid Suite (DAS) system can be used in conjunction with the NGVA architecture in combat vehicles as well. Active...

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Conisbrough Castle

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Stephen Johnson consider it an "architectural gem" and "one of the finest examples of late Norman defensive architecture". The keep comprises a circular...

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Japanese castle

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philosophies of defensive architecture in Europe, China, and many other parts of the world. Even within the walls, a very different architectural style and...

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Fortification

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("strong") and facere ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing...

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Mycenaean Greece

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Greeks in general appreciated the symbolism of war as expressed in defensive architecture, reflected by the visual impressiveness of their fortifications...

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Defensive programming

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Defensive programming is a form of defensive design intended to develop programs that are capable of detecting potential security abnormalities and make...

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Troy

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fortifications which were regularly renovated and strengthened. Defensive architecture would continue to be a distinctive characteristic in later periods...

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Marini

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German (c.1545) defensive architecture/military engineering; brother of Camillo Mariani, early pioneer of modern French defensive architecture/military engineering...

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Rosenberg Fortress

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centuries of architectural development visible, Rosenberg Fortress serves as an outstanding example of the evolution of defensive architecture in Germany...

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Kazan

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rebuilt later, as it has strong traces of the architectural influence of the Moscow defensive architecture. The territory from the Transfiguration Tower...

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Ancient Roman architecture

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Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different...

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Framlingham Castle

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many ways to Henry II's innovative work at Dover and Orford. The defensive architecture of the castle also contains various weaknesses. The Inner Court...

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Castle

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was a change in castle architecture. Until the late 12th century castles generally had few towers; a gateway with few defensive features such as arrowslits...

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Leon Battista Alberti

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Alberti alle proposte di Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1450-1495), in Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean XV to XVIII centuries, a cura di G. Verdiani...

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Architecture of the United Kingdom

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The architecture of the United Kingdom, or British architecture, consists of a combination of architectural styles, dating as far back to Roman architecture...

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Military of Mycenaean Greece

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an important role in Mycenaean society. Material remains such as defensive architecture and weaponry show that they invested heavily in military infrastructure...

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Fortress of Klis

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examples of defensive architecture in Dalmatia. The fortress is a remarkably comprehensive structure with three long rectangular defensive lines, consisting...

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