Description |
1 online resource (373 pages) |
Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustration credits; Contributors; Foreword--Courtyard: a typology that symbolises a culture; Preface; 1 The courtyard house: typological variations over space and time; 2 The shared characteristics of Iranian and Arab courtyard houses; 3 The courtyard houses of Syria; 4 The courtyard houses of southern Algeria; 5 The courtyard houses of north African medians, past, present and future; 6 The power of the veil: gender inequality in the domestic setting of traditional courtyard |
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7 The role of privacy in the design of the Saudi Arabian courtyard house8 The traditional courtyard house of Kuwait and the influence of Islam; 9 The cosmological genesis of the courtyard house; 10 The deconstructed courtyard dwellings of central Oman; 11 The European perimeter block: the Scottish experience of courtyard housing; 12 Courtyards: a bioclimatic form?; 13 The courtyard garden in the traditional Arab house; 14 Climatic aspects and their effect on the dim |
Summary |
This 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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Courtyard houses.
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courtyard houses.
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Courtyard houses
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Sibley, Magda
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Land, Peter
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Hakmi, Mohammad
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ISBN |
9780203646724 |
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020364672X |
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