...Rowida Magdy Al-Gebeily; Ahmed Sherif; Ramy Aly Purpose The purpose of this study is to document the adaptations made by Cairenes in their balconies to accommodate the banal “everyday use” needs and gain deeper insights into the social role played by the balcony in typical Egyptian households...

...; the Cairene balcony. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative anthropological approach was adopted in this research where in-depth interviews with female residents (n = 46) were conducted in three local contexts in Cairo, Egypt in parallel with non-participatory observation. The present piece...

...Catarina Ribeiro; Inês Flores-Colen; Nuno Valentim Lopes; Nuno M.M. Ramos Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the contradictions inherent to balconies. Despite the attention given to these architectural elements on that moment, there is a knowledge gap concerning the preferences...

...Dicle Aydin; Gevher Sayar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess using of balconies in apartment buildings. In the research, by questioning the use of balconies as to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) process and before, the place and importance of the balcony in the apartment house...