The word “myth” comes from the Greek “mythos”, meaning a word or a story. Humankind has made myths from the dawn of history. Many common themes run through world of myths and one such theme connects human beings with other ...

Pattern of urban growth is dictated by a complex interaction of place-specific factors in individual cities including geography, history, lifestyle, economies and administration. City’s natural growth gradually defines its ...

According to current projections, more than 75% of the human population will live in cities and urban areas by 2050. This will lead to overcrowding of the cities that will lead to conversion of much needed open spaces to ...

This paper aims to demonstrate that high-performance building envelopes can improve both the ventilation of urban space and the revenue of real estate industry, and will investigate how such improvements can be used to ...

It is a general acceptance within the construction industry that the conflicts in projects are inevitable; and it is a regular phenomenon due the unique nature of the construction industry. However, this is not the expectation ...

Theory of colour, a long-established tradition of artists, differentiates between the impacts of warm and cool colours on human beings. The lack of scientific and statistically substantiated knowledge on aforesaid colour ...

This research is an enquiry into architectural design and construction. The study looks at the personalized houses done by local Chartered Architects in Sri Lanka. It is an examination on how architects ‘experiment and ...

Flat roof slabs are gaining its popularity day by day due to its advantages like cyclonic resistance, possibility for future expansion and the possibility of using them as additional working space. However, the major issue ...

The current urban design process is top-down, i.e., generally the urban designers or planners design the urban environment and at a later stage the community may have some involvement. There are serious criticisms of this ...

Road paving plays a vital aspect in urban development prospect. "Uni Natural" Interlocking blocks (Size: 220mm x 110mm x 80mm) are becoming very common in many parts of the country. With the initial field studies; it was ...