The research investigates the occupant perception of daylight in office buildings in Sri Lanka. Specific focus is drawn to the potential diversity of a luminous ambiance environments, created by daylight and problems ...

Land and water are inseparably linked with each other. External pressures on either water or the land result in chains of impacts on both. Uncontrolled urban growth leads intensive urban growth into natural floodplains. ...

Interactive Architecture (IA) and contextual adaptability promotes operational energy efficiency of buildings by enabling building – climate interaction. However, Tall buildings tend to be non – interactive and climate ...

The prevalence of continual increase of population, poor construction standards, lack of law enforcement and monitoring, construction on filled up canals and water bodies as well as unplanned growth in hazard prone areas ...

International Construction Joint Ventures (ICJV) are formed to overcome difficulties in construction industry by the multinational parties. As Sri Lankan construction industry has significant impact towards its economy ...

Rapid upsurge of technology accredited 4D Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a BIM centric scientifically-derived scheduling process. It upgrades the project outcome, by reducing the substantial uncertainty exists ...

Different building materials respond differently to climatic conditions due to their inherent properties. The thermal properties of building components such as walls, ceiling and floors together determine the energy ...

This article refers to the analysis of "gaps" between institutional frameworks and implementation of actions for the integrated management of the Mediterranean coastal zones and focuses on the local level, dealing particularly ...

Generally, building details are understood as constructional representations, thus referring to their materials, joints and systems. But clever architectural detailing is often embedded with semantic meanings - in addition ...

Humans constantly endeavour to redesign the habitat they live in to provide more comfort, ease, and better living conditions. However, in attempts to maximize this comfort, the basic needs and necessities of the space are ...