Every city has its unique and valuable identity, this identity is revealed through its physical and visual form, it is seen through the eyes of its residents and users. The city develops over time, and its identity evolves with it. Reflecting the rapid and constant changes the city is subjected to, Architecture and Arts, is the embodiment of the cultural, historical, and economical characteristics of the city. This conference was dedicated to the investigation of the different new approaches developed in Architecture and Contemporary arts. It has focused on the basis of urban life and identities.
This volume provides discussions on the examples and tendencies in dealing with urban identities as well as the transformation of cities and urban cultures mentioned in terms of their form, identity, and their current art. Contemporary art, when subjected to experiments, continues to be produced in various directions, to be consumed and to put forward new ideas. Art continuously renews itself, from new materials to different means of communication, from interactive works to computer games, from new approaches to perceptional paradigms and problems of city and nature of the millennium.
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About the Author: Anna Catalani is Reader at the College of Arts, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Zeinab Nour is Associate Professor in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Egypt
Antonella Versaci is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University "Kore" of Enna, Italy
Dean Hawkes is Architect and an Award-Winning Academic, Cambridge, UK
Hocine Bougdah is Professor of Architectural Technology, Canterbury School of Architecture, University for the Creative Arts, UK
Professor Adolf Sotoca is Chair Professor in Architecture at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Professor Mahmoud Ghoneem is Associate Professor in Architecture Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, Egypt
Ferdinando Trapani is Professor of Urban Planning, Architecture, Palermo University, Italy.
