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Editorial
Nicholas WilkinsonOpen House International (OHI) has come a long way towards its recent accreditation as one of the leading academic journals in the field of Architecture and Environment. The…
Circulation and Open Space in Affordable Townhouse Communities
Avi FriedmanContemporary environmental and economic factors make the construction of narrow-front townhouses a continuous attraction. As affordability is a primary concern for many…
A Typo-Morphological Study: The Cmc Industrial Mass Housing District, Lefke, Northern Cyprus
Nevter Zafer Cömert, Sebnem Önal HoskaraWith the increasing number of universities in the country, research on urban form and architecture—with a focus on historic settlements—has accelerated in Cyprus in the last…
Lessons from Vietnamese Urban Street Houses for Contemporary High-Rise Housing
Le Thi Hong Na, Jin-Ho Park, Minjung ChoAccounting for seventy five percent of urban housing in Vietnam, street houses refer to a mixed-use housing typology that emerged in the 17th century. Such housing has evolved in…
Translating Memories: Reshaping Spatial Patterns on Ephemeral Urban Dwelling
Jaime E. Gómez M.Vernacular transformations of underused places give shape to Ephemeral Urban Dwellings (EUD). By reading the spatial patterns of use of three of these buildings, this paper…
A Proposal for the Future of Vernacular Architecture Studies
James DavidsonGiven the broad scale and fundamental transformations occurring to both the natural environment and human condition in the present era, what does the future hold for vernacular…
Evaluating Indicators for Renewal of Properties via Gentrification in Budapest
Lívia Róka-Madarász, Levente MályuszThe aim of this paper is to evaluate the factors of gentrification based on the economical social and architectural framework in the field of maintenance management of real…
Symbolic Use of Wind-Catchers in Iran
Rafooneh Mokhtarshahi Sani, Payam Mahasti ShotorbaniIn recent decades, Iranian vernacular architecture has defined the local architectural identity by demonstrating distinctive characteristics. Defining such a critical role for…
Redefining Vernacular: The Lebanese Diaspora Eclecticism
Stephanie DadourUnlike postwar reconstruction of urban districts, the architectural projects developed during the Lebanese war are a relatively unexplored subject, moreover if one is dealing…
State Mass Housing Scheme for the Low-Income Group in Abuja
Bawa Chafe Abdullah, Wan Nor Azriyati Wan Abd AzizIn 2000, Federal Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (MFCT), Abuja launched a mass housing scheme (MHS) under the platform of a public-private partnership (PPP). This paper…
ISSN:
0168-2601e-ISSN:
2633-9838Online date, start – end:
2005Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr. Chaham Alalouch
- Prof. Yonca Hurol