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Buildings, 2021 An important “architectural type” in Iranian history is the Yazd courtyard house. This historic building type features a walled boundary that contains a complex pattern of open (to the sky), semi-enclosed and enclosed spaces.
Michael J Ostwald, , Ostwald Michael J
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The Impact of Internal Courtyard Configuration on Thermal Performance of Long Strip Houses
Buildings, 2023 A courtyard is an essential space for natural lighting and natural convective ventilation of residential buildings in hot-humid climates. This study focuses on the internal courtyard configuration on the thermal performance of long strip houses (LSH) in ...
Sun Qianqian, Zhixing Luo, Lujian Bai
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BuildingsIranian traditional residential architecture is renowned for its central-courtyard houses, which are admired for their grandeur. While the courtyards and nearby spaces receive considerable artistic and historical appreciation, those situated further away
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Spatial Principles of Traditional Cairene Courtyard Houses in Cairo
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2018 Architectural identity reflects the characteristics of a country′s people, environment, and society. Owing to recent globalization, the unique architectural identity of countries has faded so that it has become difficult to identify each country′s unique
Jin-Ho Park
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Investigation on Daylight Quality of Central Courtyard’s Adjacent Rooms in Traditional Houses in Hot Dry Region of Iran: A Case Study Yazdanpanah House [PDF]
Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment, 2022 Most of the spaces in contemporary houses in Iran cannot achieve enough daylight during daytime. Daylight utilization has a significant impact on decreasing energy consumption in residential buildings.
N. Tayari, M. Nikpour
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Courtyard: A Look at the Relevance of Courtyard Space in Contemporary Houses [PDF]
Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2021 The paper attempts to uncover the key issues concerning the sustainable built form of towns in the aftermath of rapid urbanization and growing population. The objective of this study is to understand the suitability and practicability of the courtyard forms in the urban settlement.
Richa Gupta, Mahendra Joshi
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Socio-Environmental Sustainability of Traditional Courtyard Houses of Lucknow and Varanasi
U.Porto Journal of Engineering, 2023 The courtyard houses have an important place in the history of architecture. They play a vital role in the social and environmental sustainability of that place. This paper aims to identify the significance of courtyards in composite climate by analyzing
Lalit Akash Verma, Farheen Bano
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 Courtyard” is one of the ancient domestic identity patterns of Iranian architecture in most of the traditional houses in hot and dry climate. The aim of this study is to identify the geometric and natural characteristics of courtyards in historical ...
Hassan Akbari +1 more
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Buildings, 2023 As clan and blood relations are the essential core of rural social attributes, the rise and fall of the main family names in a village not only affects the spatial arrangement of their internal courtyard houses but also influences the overall spatial ...
Dong Zhang, Zixuan Shi, Mingyang Cheng
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Courtyard Housing in China: Chinese Quest for Harmony
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2017 The Chinese have lived in single-extended-family courtyard houses in many parts of China for thousands of years. The earliest courtyard house found in China was during the Middle Neolithic period (5000-3000 BCE).
Donia Zhang
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