Natural lighting creates a pleasant environment, promotes healthier conditions and saves energy, and is an important factor in the design of education institutions. Many research indicates the positive impacts of better ...

It was a little over eight decades ago that the architectural profession was witnessing the beginnings of a major revolution. That was a revolution in Design. It led us from an Architecture of a Handicraft Age to that of ...

In both instances there is understanding and sympathy for the wronged professional. For, although the doctor is in overall charge of the physical well-being of the patient (and the politician, the management of the society) ...

With the Government's policy o the accelerated development in the country, tremendous growth and change in taking place. it is up to the local professional to retain the precious heritage of a country side of great variety ...

This article explores the interface between architecture and urban design and questions the relevance and limits of so called 'urban design' knowledge being imparted to architectural students at the Department of ...

Western academics involved in the delivery of joint-courses in China are normally accorded the status of 'foreign experts'. This description, and a tendency among many westerners to be ignorant of the motivations and ...

Over the years, most of the urban complexes in India have undergone a phenomenal growth for various reasons and so have their vulnerability towards different hazards. Micro zonation is thus a principal component of pre ...

With respect to the contemporary built environment, a wide range of basic issues – economic, social-cultural, political, participatory and sustainability-related – are being contested on the global stage and at local levels. ...