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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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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Cash-Cow into the Purse of Malaysian Property Investors: Students Housing Investment [PDF]
Growing demand for higher education (HE) and increasing students enrolment in higher education institutions (HEI) has been a global issue especially in the last three decades and housing the growing student population has become a dilemma for all concern
Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar +1 more
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Housing Search in the Age of Big Data: Smarter Cities or the Same Old Blind Spots? [PDF]
Housing scholars stress the importance of the information environment in shaping housing search behavior and outcomes. Rental listings have increasingly moved online over the past two decades and, in turn, online platforms like Craigslist are now central
Besbris, Max +3 more
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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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Transparency in Midyat Traditional Syriac Houses
The concept of transparency is a very important design criterion for the user to perceive the architectural structures and to interpret these structures, thanks to the literal and connotations that the user evokes. In the scope of the article, the concept of transparency in architecture is defined and its relation with architecture and different ...
Mehmet Akif KUYUMCU, Demet AYKAL
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The Performance of Traditional contract procurement on Housing projects in Nigeria. [PDF]
The traditional contract procurement has been widely criticized as an ineffective procurement method because it often involves time and cost overrun on construction projects.
Adeyemi, Aderemi Y +2 more
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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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