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Editorial: New developments and new discourse on architecture and urbamism
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ArchNet
, 2014 , Article)
Approach for Integrating Indirect Evaporative Cooling System into Contemporary Architecture
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OMICS International
, 2014 , Article)
Nowadays, the knowledge of building ecology focuses on energy efficiency and how to integrate environmental and climatic parameters into HVAC and thus enhances space qualities such as comfort ability. The aim of this paper ...
Ecological Indicators for Landscape Assessment- Moving Forward with Sustainability Initiatives for Qatar
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OMICS International
, 2012 , Article)
According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Oil and gas have made Qatar the second highest per-capita income country - following Liechtenstein. The economy of Qatar is one of the active economies in the Middle East with ...
Editorial: Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Study
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
The research study aimed to understand how first generation Italian migrants in Brisbane have influenced the
form of a specific typology of dwelling, the archetypal ‘house on a quarter-acre block’, in the post WWII ...
The Role of Public Art and Culture in New Urban Environments: The Case of ‘Katara Cultural Village
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Scientific & Academic Publishing
, 2017 , Article)
In recent years, public art has been featured as a trend in urban environments in GCC. During its period of
development, the State of Qatar worked on large megaprojects designed to attract global investments and tourists. ...
The Practice Of City Planning And Design In The Gulf Region: The Case Of Abu Dhabi, Doha And Manama
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ArchNet
, 2018 , Article)
This research study explores the Arabian Gulf region’s practice of city planning and design in response to the active forces of globalization. The focused scope of analysis is justified by the commonalities that unite the ...
Livability and Social Capital in West Bay, The New Business Precinct of Doha
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OMICS International
, 2015 , Article)
Scholars argue that there is a mutual relationship between built environment, social interactions (and/or socialcapital) and livability: the form of the built environment contributes to the construction of social capital ...
Editorial: Modern and Vernacular Settlements in Doha: An Urban Planning Strategy to Pursue Modernity and Consolidate Cultural Identity
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Scholars and researchers, who investigate the extent to which spatial form and livability are mutually
interconnected, stress that the built environment provides the space for the enhancement of social interactions,
which ...
Built Form and Culture: Italian Transnational Houses in Australia
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OMICS International
, 2016 , Article)
Accordingly to Wagner, “Dwellings stand as the concrete expressions of a complex interaction among cultural
skills and norms, climatic conditions and the potentialities of natural materials”. This study, beginning with ...
Affordable housing for middle income expats in Qatar: Strategies for implementing livability and built form
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Archnet-IJAR
, 2016 , Article)
Qatar is making large investments for the development of the urban fabric and public transport systems of Doha (i.e. the Msheireb downtown Doha, the Doha metro, and the Lusail light rail transit). It has also already been ...