Galata is a beautiful village located in the highlands of Troodos in Cyprus. The traditional architecture of the houses in Galata, with impressive wooden balconies and stairs decorating the front of the houses facades, led the Cyprus government in collaboration with European Union to fund a project for the conservation of 30 houses facades located in the centre of Galata Village. 

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G&N Architects undertook a comprehensive assessment of the buildings and the site: understanding the extent of surviving traditional work, discovering the course of architectural changes over time and evaluating the significance of earlier interventions. The project aimed to preserve the elements of the traditional build environment (form, colour, decoration, construction, materials, etc). 

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A catalogue with the different types of doors, windows, handrails, etc. was created in order to retrieve authenticity for the houses facades characteristics. Finally, we presented for each house any historical information gathered, the current situation as well as the proposal for the facades conservation including construction details.