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Housing and Social Transition in Japan [PDF]
Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of ...
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The Republic of Fiji was hit by Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016, and housing reconstruction was enabled through government support. This study was aimed at observing the impact on housing in a rural village consisting of both modern and traditional ...
Mari Miyaji +3 more
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Recognizing the Distinctiveness of Traditional Iranian Houses based on Physical, Social and Cultural Components of Identity [PDF]
Despite the development and progress in contemporary housing, up till the present time, this issue bestows fundamental problems and weaknesses in the society of contemporary Iran.
Sadegh Ahuey +2 more
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Gardens in the Traditional Houses – A Study on the Garden Elements in the Traditional Houses of Trabzon, Turkey [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to seek answers, and find solutions, to the following questions: How should the house-garden relationship be reinforced for a healthy and harmonic life? Can some criteria be determined for the design of the gardens? How can outer spaces be created consciously?
Akat, Reyhan, Çakıroğlu, Birgül
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Exploration and research on the applicability of sustainable design for ethnic minorities — Diaojiaolou [PDF]
Diao Jiaolou is a typical component of minority housing culture. Strengthening the study of the hanging foot building is to inherit the culture of traditional residential architecture.
Shi Lijun, Ma Yue
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An Example of Traditional Houses Maraş: ‘Gözlüklü Ali House’
This study examined structures of traditional civil architecture in the city center of Kahramanmaras and aims to describe the general characteristics. The meaning of this study ancient neighborhoods of the city of Maras, which is registered in the list of cultural assets Ekmekçi, Gazipasa, Kayabaşı, Kurtuluş, Turan and Yörükselim in 50 house is located
Aslıhan Ece PAKÖZ, Faruk TUNCER
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The cities of Dezful and Boroujerd can be considered a treasure trove of traditional houses in Iran whose social, functional, and cultural roots are reflected in their architectural body.
Pedram Hessari, Farhad Chegeni
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TRADITIONAL CIRCULAR PLAN HOUSING FOR RAPIDLY URBANIZING RWANDA
Rwanda’s plots and housing plans featured a circular shape until the time of colonization by Germany and Belgium, when—beginning with the house of Dr Richard Kandth in 1909—a new configuration of buildings and plots having a square or rectangular base ...
Ilija Gubić +5 more
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Timbered masonry for earthquake resistance in Europe
Europe is a continent that is subject to significant seismic activity. Thus, the buildings’ seismic behaviour must be analysed, including not only the new structures, designed under more rigorous codes, but also older ones.
A. Dutu +4 more
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The Old City of Al Zubair. The Emergence and Physical Reality (1571-1882 Iraq)
The natural advantages of the site of the city of Al Zubair contributed to its becoming a stable settlement for the tribes migrating from Najd and Hejaz during the last four centuries.
Sami Abdulaziz Alqatrani Firas
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