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Author: Günter Pfeifer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-10-05
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 3764378409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types—cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.
Author: NasserO. Rabbat
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1351545388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe courtyard house is one of the most enduring architectural forms, transcending regional, historical and cultural boundaries. Its balance of simple appropriate construction, environmental control and social and familial structures continues to engage architects and architectural historians. That the courtyard house is still relevant today is indicated through its ability to accommodate continual transformation without losing any of its formal integrity and cultural roots. This book presents a series of viewpoints on courtyard houses from different periods and in different regions around the world; from the Harem courtyards of the Topkapi Palace and the low-cost housing settlements of Protectorate Casablanca, to contemporary design strategies for courtyard houses in the arid Gulf region. Together, the essays illuminate issues of particular relevance in architectural, art historical, and conservation discourses today.
Author: Stefanos Polyzoides
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780910413534
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays, drawings, plans, and over 200 black-and-white photographs document the courtyard housing in Los Angeles. The style, expressed in both grand and humble dwellings, was at its height in the 1920's and 1930's, but is still around to provide privacy and greenspace in the dense urban area. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Brian Edwards
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780415262729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book demonstrates, through discussions on sustainability and regional identity, and via a series of case studies, that the courtyard housing form has a future as well as a past.
Author: Yatin Pandya
Publisher: Mapin Publishing Pvt
Published: 2018-12-31
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9789385360091
DOWNLOAD EBOOK- Extensive documentation of courtyard houses, both traditional and contemporary - More than a thousand images, drawings, plans and maps - Overview according to climate, geography, philosophy and religion Indian architecture is not about an object in space; instead it integrates space within the object where the built and the unbuilt become counterpoints to vitalize each other. This engulfed void known as the courtyard lies at the genesis of urban dwellings in India. In this book the author traces the metaphysical, mythical, socio-cultural, environmental and spatial roles of the courtyard in the domestic architecture of India - from early civilization and Vedic times to Islamic and colonial influences. This book documents traditional courtyard dwelling types across India within diverse climatic, cultural as well as geographic zones such as West (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), South (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa), East (Bihar, West Bengal), Central (Madhya Pradesh) and North (Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir). Courtyard Houses of India documents, analyzes and infers the attributes and manifestations of traditional courtyard houses and examines the diverse interpretations of those as applied in contemporary homes.
Author: Jan Cremers
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9783038630524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Reynolds
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780471398844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Courtyards presents a survey of courtyards, contemporary design guidelines, and a diverse selection of examples. Readers will acquire a basic understanding of the balance that must exist between garden and building, including practical advice for planting."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Dr Donia Zhang
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-05-28
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1409471586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the ‘fourth pillar’ alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book elicits the interplay of ‘nature-culture-architecture’ and theorizes the concept of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It identifies four key themes in Chinese philosophy: Harmony with Heaven, Harmony with Earth, Harmony with Humans, and Harmony with Self, along with Greek philosopher Aristotle’s physics: form, space, matter, and time, it sets them as criteria to evaluate the renewed and new courtyard housing projects constructed in China since the 1990s. Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation notes, and real estate brochures, the book proposes new courtyard garden house design strategies that promote healthy communities and human care for one another, a concept that is universally applicable. The volume is a first opportunity to take a holistic view, to encompass eastern and western, tangible and intangible, cultures in the theorization of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It is a comprehensive contribution to architectural theory.
Author: Katsuhiko Mizuno
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
Published: 2006-09-25
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9784770030238
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExquisite photos and insightful text reveal the gardens hidden within the traditional town houses of he merchants of Kyoto.
Author: Dr Donia Zhang
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2015-04-30
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1472449118
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdentifying four key themes in Chinese philosophy to promote health and happiness at home, this book links architecture with Chinese philosophy, social sciences, and the humanities, and in doing so, argues that Architectural Multiculturalism is a vital ideology to guide housing design in North America. Using both qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered from ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese living in the USA and Canada, the study proposes that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social and cultural health and happiness of residents.
