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Assessment of Climate Adaptation of Youth Club in Tozeur, South of Tunisia
( Elsevier Ltd , 2012 , Conference)Impact of users on thermal behaviour of a building and a building's impact on the use of different spaces are two aspects that are subject of post occupancy evaluation of the present paper. The building was designed according ... -
The (IM)-possible mosque: Spatial mutation and identity needs in northern Ireland
( Emerald Publishing , 2012 , Article)Over more than thirty years of violent conflict, Northern Ireland had an intense sectarian violence due to the political-religious opposition between its Catholic and Protestant communities. The history of the Muslim ... -
Ecological Indicators for Landscape Assessment- Moving Forward with Sustainability Initiatives for Qatar
( 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 ... -
The Museum of Islamic Art: Form, perception, and environment
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2013 , Article)Islamic Arab societies have a distinctive but culturally common system of beliefs, attitudes, and values that over time have formed traditional expression. These traditions have been articulated through art, architecture, ... -
Environmental impact assessment of new district developments
( WITPress , 2014 , Conference)Over the last decade, the term "sustainability" has figured prominently in city planning discussions aiming to create comfortable places to live, work, learn and relax. In an accelerated world, the need to set standards ... -
Approach for Integrating Indirect Evaporative Cooling System into Contemporary Architecture
( 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 ... -
Preserving And Improving Traditional Built Environments In Doha: The Case Of Old-mushaireb Area
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)Due to rapid urbanization during the past few decades, Doha has witnessed the disappearance of significant areas of its traditional built environment that were replaced by modern mega real-estate developments, public ... -
Conservation And Development Of Cultural Heritage In Doha
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)Throughout the world, many urban designers and architects have been working toward the protection, preservation and enhancement of urban heritage in order to increase its usefulness as well as preserve the cities' cultural ... -
Souk Waqif: A Landmark In Doha, Qatar Rehabilitation, Social And Economic Sustainability
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference)Heritage and tourism have become during the last two decades dynamic areas of development in the world. The idea of heritage is crucial to the critical decision-making process as to how irreplaceable resources are to be ... -
Review of 'terrain vague: Interstices at the edge of the pale' by Manuela Mariani and patrick barron (editors). London & New York, Routledge, 2014, 256 pages, ISBN 978-0415827683
( Archnet-IJAR , 2014 , Book Review)The concept of terrain vague was first theorized by Ignasi de Sola-Morales in the mid 1990s as a contemporary space of project and design that includes the marginal wastelands and vacant lots that are located outside the ... -
Exploring socio-spatial aspects of traditional souqs: The case of Souq Mutrah, Oman
( Archnet-IJAR , 2014 , Article)Traditional souqs in the Arabian Peninsula continue to be major focal points of trade, commerce, exchange, entertainment and social interaction. Souq Mutrah, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman is one of these important regional ... -
Editorial: New developments and new discourse on architecture and urbamism
( ArchNet , 2014 , Article)Over the past seven years and since Archnet-IJAR has published its first issue in March 2007 the journal has managed to position itself on the map of web publishing in architecture and urbanism. Following a comprehensive ... -
Proposed cooling wall system: A lesson from nature
( ISEC Press , 2015 , Conference)The study commences with a comparative analysis between desert adapted cactus plants and traditional mud houses. Primary comparative results yielded three main similarities: 1) Effective utilization of self-shading surfaces; ... -
Semiotic Aspects of Museum Landscape: Contextual Integration and Symbolic Application
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2015 , Article)This research aims to study the development of the landscape of contemporary museums, their conceptual classification, and their contextual implementation from the mid-20th century up to the present. It will highlight cases ... -
Enhancing staff's satisfaction with comfort toward productivity by sustainable Open Plan Office Design
( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)Several sustainable building assessment tools have been developed globally to manage sustainability in building's indoor environment. The sustainable building assessment tools (SBATs) measure the user's satisfaction and ... -
Dubai: An Urbanism Shaped for Global Tourism
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)The urban transformation experience of Dubai presents an interesting model of dealing with globalization and benefiting from its flows of people, capital, and transformation. Although that city does not have rich urban ... -
The Development of Vital Precincts in Doha: Urban Regeneration and Socio-Cultural Factors
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2015 , Article)Through the past few decades, Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has experienced an extraordinary economic growth and transformation of its built environment. This has been caused by post-WWII oil and natural gas ... -
Exploration of Sustainable Urban Qualities of Al Sadd Area in Doha
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)This research focuses on the contributions made to social sustainability, firstly by the functionality of urban spaces in Qatar, as defined by their physical form, and secondly by the socio-cultural attributes of those ... -
History of Italian Immigrants Experience with Housing in Post WWII Australia
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)Previous studies on Italian migrants in Australia highlight that Italian migrants migrated to Australia in the 1950s’-1960s with the primary goal of permanently settling in Australia. Also, scholars pointed out that the ... -
Built Form of the Souq Waqif in Doha and User’s Social Engagement
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The Souq Waqif is located in the heart of the old downtown of Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar. The Souq Waqif is one of the most important heritage sites in the country. Over the years this market became abounded ...
