Winston Churchill once said, “First we shape our buildings, thereafter, they shape us”. This speaks both to how we design a building, and to the effect that design has on us. The challenge that is presented to us as ...

My thesis is dealing with the urban construction---skyscrapers,nowadays, the urban fabric is pronominally skyscraper driven in major cities. I started my paper from my own city experience. While the skyscraper in New York ...

The intention of this thesis is to evaluate whether daylighting can be a media leading traditional concepts into today’s architectural design. Daylighting as a media not only an essential visual element in consisting ...

Critical Regionalism is a term that came about during the early 1980’s. It deals with designing architecture based on specific and unique characteristics of a region including geographical, economical, and cultural conditions. ...

Ruins are expressions of tie. Their slow, almost indiscernible changes are much like our own aging and reminders of our own mortality. Ruins are not easily definable. They can be attached to personal recollection or ...

As a human race in the 21st century we are facing critical issues which affect our continuing coexistence on this planet: to mesh the colliding cultures of the global city created by air travel and modern communications, ...

Is it really possible to be home living on streets? How can architectural design be applied to create living environments for the homeless that address their wellbeing beyond pragmatic physical needs? Can we develop pragmatic ...

The inspiration of fashion development and the execution of architecture redevelopment are bound within a common motif of personality and its intended, as well as unintended, expression. A fashion designers approach in ...