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- ↑ "Stefano Bianca's bio at Archnet.org". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25.
- ↑ Urban Form in the Arab World. Verlag der Fachvereine Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zurich. 1994. ISBN 978-3-7281-1972-8.
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