The text composition is totally free, but these guidelines might orientate authors on some aspects which might be especially worthy to be included in the text as well as addressed in the submitted pictures and drawings. 

If authors want to include other thoughts or aspects they find interesting and are not included in this list, they are free to add anything they would like to share or highlight.

It would be perfect if the attached images and drawings could also cover the suggested aspects, and not only the final outcome. Especially welcome would be any images of the building process where traditional building techniques could be appreciated, as well as any images of the building masters who participated at work. Hand drawings and plans, if existing, would also be especially welcome.

1. Tips on contents for a text on a new work

It may be worthy to address the following aspects of your work:

1. When was the work commissioned, who commissioned it and what were his/her aims? As behind almost every good work there uses to be a good client, it would be perfect if you could tell a little bit about her/him, or about the key people within an administration if that is the case. 
   
   
2. Where is the work, building or complex of buildings located, how is its context and what is the character of the place, its climate and its landscape?
   
   
3. What was your starting point or points and the key aims or qualities you wanted to achieve in the design process? Which were the main challenges to be faced?
   
   
4. How do you understand the guidance of tradition, which were the main precedents for your design and how had you previously studied them? You may have used them in different scales, from the general layout to the specific detail; it would be good to explain this a little bit too. Any innovation within that tradition may be of interest too. 
   
   
5. What is the composition of the work, the building or buildings? How does the building element, the building or the complex of buildings function? If the work is a building or buildings, what are the main indoor and outdoor spaces and how do they relate each other? It would be good to describe the general layout. If you can also describe the most beautiful details or spaces, or simply the most interesting ones, it will be perfect. If you can also tell about how they respond to the climate or the place in their design, it will also be appreciated. 
   
   
6. When did the works started and how long did they last? Was a main contractor hired or did you or the client opt for hiring specific people for specific crafts? How do you prefer the works to proceed in this sense or how do you use to act, such as if you have a usual team of crafts people who often collaborates with you? Who were the most instrumental or most remarkable people involved in the building process and what was their role or expertise? 
   
   
7. What was your stand regarding the use of traditional building materials and techniques? It would also be interesting to what extent you could use them or if you had to compromise in some aspects of the building process due to regulations or other motifs. If local materials were favoured is another relevant aspect to deal with. 
   
   
8. Which building techniques were used? Which are the most relevant details in the work or the complex and how were they designed and then built?
   
   
9. How is the work building actually performing and functioning and is it well kept? What is its current perception within the community or how successful has it been in local appreciation?

2. Tips on contents for a text on a restoration work

For a restoration work to be eligible for its publication in this Journal, it must have implied building or rebuilding, using traditional forms and building methods, substantial or relevant architectural elements which were either recovered or newly added to the existing building or complex of buildings.

It may be worthy to address the following aspects of your work:

1. When was the work commissioned, who commissioned it and what were his/her aims? As behind almost every good work there uses to be a good client, it would be perfect if you could tell a little bit about her/him, or about the key people within an administration if that is the case.
   
   
2. Where is the work, building or complex of buildings located, how is its existing situation and its context and what is the character of the place, its climate and its landscape?
   
   
3. What was your starting point or points, the main values of the existing and the key aims or qualities you wanted to achieve or to recover in the design process? Which were the main challenges to be faced.
   
   
4. Which were the preliminary studies which were developed and the key facts learnt about the work, the building or complex of buildings through them.
   
   
5. How do you understand the guidance of tradition, which were the main precedents for your design and how had you previously studied them? You may have used them in different scales, from the general layout to the specific detail; it would be good to explain this a little bit too. Any innovation within that tradition may be of interest too.
   
   
6. What is the composition of the work, the building or buildings? How does the building element, the building or the complex of buildings function? If the work is a building or buildings, what are the main indoor and outdoor spaces and how do they relate each other? It would be good to describe the general layout. If you can also describe the most beautiful details or spaces, or simply the most interesting ones, it will be perfect. If you can also tell about how they respond to the climate or the place in their design, it will also be appreciated.
   
   
7. When did the works started and how long did they last? Was a main contractor hired or did you, the administration or the client opt for hiring specific people for specific crafts? How do you prefer the works to proceed in this sense or how do you use to act, such as if you have a usual team of crafts people who often collaborates with you? Who were the most instrumental or most remarkable people involved in the building process and what was their role or expertise.
   
   
8. What was your stand regarding the use of traditional building materials and techniques? It would also be interesting to what extent you could use them or if you had to compromise in some aspects of the building process due to regulations, to theories of restoration or other motifs. If local materials were favoured is another relevant aspect to deal with. 
   
   
9. Which building techniques were used? Which are the most relevant details in the work of those which were restored or created by you and how were they designed and then built?
   
   
10. How is the work actually performing and functioning and is it well kept? What is its current perception within the community or how successful has it been in local appreciation?