The focus of this paper is to study the emergence and the impacts of fashion in the early-modern Venetian society as an expression of modernity. The concept of fashion is studied not only as a mode of dressing but as a social, cultural, economic, symbolic, political, artistic, psychological phenomenon. Fashion is taken as a reason and a result of the
European modernity due to its role in the resolution of the tradition. In the first section, the concept of fashion and its historical evolution and sociological influences are analyzed. Later the development of the textile industry in Europe and its impacts on Mediterranean trade is discussed. The social, political and economic structure of Venice during the 13th and 15th centuries is briefly summarized in the third part. In the final section, the role of fashion in Venetian society, the symbolic meaning of dressing, the economic value of garments, the production and supply channels of textile are analyzed. The changes and transformations taking place in every aspect of life during the early modern period found a way of “(re)presenting” themselves in terms of fashion. The concept of fashion is evaluated not only as a way of dressing but also as a paradigm of modernity including a set of manners and behaviors for being right in a specific time and a specific context.

Site selection and analysis are initial steps of sustainable elementary school building design. Selections made at this stage will affect the life cycle and the success of the sustainability as a chain reaction. Site selection and open area planning will support or decrease the buildings total sustainability performance. By selecting the proper site a lot of potential environmental threath factors will be eliminated. With this in mind site selection should be made examined in several different aspects.
In the entry section of this work site selection and analysis of sustainable elementary school building design will be studied. Beginning of environmental problems and evolving of ecological common sense resulting in sustainable development and reflections of that to the architecture will be touched. Consepts related to the subject are spesified and discussed in the second section. In the third section fundamental principles of sustainable elementary buildings are defined. Sustainable site selection and analysis are discussed in certain headings in the fourth section. Concluion section containes criteria that directs site selection and analysis.

Red Church is situated at the west of Cappadocia, in Güzelyurt, near Sivrihisar village, in the middle of the lowland against Melendiz Mountains. It’s dedicated to the Gregoirus of Nazianze (330-390), one of the most important Father of Cappoadocia, who was buried in this place.
The church, famous as a pilgrimage destination for Orthodox Christians of the past, is built out of red stones, from where it derives its name. Red Church is dated at the end of the 6th century and have a cross-shaped plan with parekklesion.
The dome and the walls of the church are in the good condition, but the vaults were collapsed.
It’s differentiate with it’s condition, system of construction and cultural identity.

Gated communities are residential spaces which are specific to the postmodern era. Since the end of the 20th century the almost every mega-cities also in Istanbul the gated-communities has been becoming prevalent. This part of house market has been becoming attractive for the real estate developers with an increase in demand and with this prevalent.
However it is not possible to mention only one type of investor’s profile. In postmodern era, the variety of productions and the consumers profile, is easily readable over the actor, who has developed the gated-communities which is proper for the postmodern era.
In this article, a research about how the variety of the actors who has developed the gated-communities, and how this variety reflects to the gated-communities was conducted. In the scope of this research, in different locations of İstanbul existing 96 gated communities which have been developed in the end of the 80’s by different real estate developers, has been investigated. The research model is “relational stratification” enhanced by Lebart. “Relational stratification” model is a kind of method within the correspondence analysis and the cluster analysis are used together.
According to the research results it was predicted that there are clear differences by the selection of construction areas and building types though the diversity of real estate developers. In other words there is a relationship between the profiles of the real estate developers, building types and the urban locations of the gated communities. In the
presantation of the analysis results it was used the visual represantation which was built up by Bertin.

Modern architecture has a new identity as being part of cultural heritage at the end of the 20th century. The acceptance of modern architecture as cultural heritage and the discussions on its definition and content is important in terms of pointing at the significance of conservation theory.’s dynamic character. The existing heritage and values are reevaluated with the quality and quantity of the definition and content of modern architectural heritage. The definition and
content of Turkey’s modern heritage should not only be discussed in terms of the changes in the international conservation field but also in the context of its own conditions.

Stated briefly, primarily in consistency with the physical and social structure of the city, the scenario of urban transformation should consider the genuine core memory and texture of the city. Social and physical values should identify the theme of the project; economic, ecological and egalitarian principles should act as determinants at the beginning of the project, throughout the process of the project and at the result of the project. It should not be forgotten that the transformation project is a project of compromise; organizations should disperse to the bottom, be democratic and expand horizontally. The organization type should rely on open and democratic collectivism; however, this collectivism should be based upon public leadership. Public organizations as the main shareholders of the project and
the final decision-making authority should have an impact on the taking of fair decisions. The financial resources for the project and its implementation can be created by the proper organization of the dynamics which are dependent on the internal social and physical potential of the region. The capital for the transformation project and its implementation,
should again be the project itself. In order to accomplish this, the value of the transformation project of the region should be shared in lieu of value sharing on the basis of parcel of land. The project can generate two kinds of economic values.
The first of the said value is the property value of the structures or groups of structures created within the scope of the project, the second is the going concern value. Assurance of the region’s possession of absolute property values is essential. Within the context of planning principles the fundamental objective is to produce the city within its genuine
social and physical setting and sew ruptures and cleavages related to prosperity and poverty, and to decrease the difference between peak and cavity regions of the city. In this regard, after the completion of the transformation project the region should be able to integrate itself to the city.