Light has always been an important issue for human, especially after invention of the electrical light bulbs, which open a gate to a new kind of technology. Therefore, that in today’s world using the light in a smart manner ...

Cyprus issue has constituted a conflict by means of using distinctive implementations on the process of professional practices convenient by distinctive governmental organizations and proper professional organizations. ...

Sick building syndrome (SBS) is one of the important issues of our contemporary age where people are facing problems derived from buildings, and this issue is becoming an important concern especially in modern life due ...

This study aims is to analyze the various characteristics of residential buildings façades in the British Period (1878-1960), in North Cyprus. A Façade can be defined as the face and is the exterior view of a building. ...

Public open spaces are the common places for everybody which give opportunities like gathering, resting, meeting, enjoyment etc... There are various types of public open spaces such as streets, squares, parks, waterfronts ...

The historical buildings, over the generations, have been built in order to represent a culture, a belief or act as protection from attacking forces. However, with the changing needs, some functions become obsolete or some ...

'Values' are sources that carry cultural heritage buildings from the past to the present and to the future. Each cultural heritage building has it’s own unique identity, character and value. Through values, society can ...

Co-creation as a recent interdisciplinary methodology comes as a management initiative. This contemporary, alternative and creative approach is user-based and focused more on the involvement of the user’s needs / local ...

The fundamental objective of Islamic architecture is creating space to meet Muslims’ spiritual and to some extent non-spiritual demands. Actually, mosques are physical places and their existence formed by Muslims’ ...

In recent years, increasing population growth in cities resulted in mass housing construction with typical plan arrangements that caused dissatisfaction of dwellers regarding housing quality. Existing mass housing does not ...