A Review on Traditional Architecture Houses in Buddhist Culture

Climate-Responsive Architecture for the Residential Houses of Homs: A Comparison of Traditional and Contemporary Houses

Given that high energy consumption in residential buildings is one of the main problems in Syria, applying criteria for a climate-responsive building design is one of the most important ways to reduce energy consumption. This article seeks to study and compare the historical and contemporary residential buildings of the city of Homs and extract the positive and negative aspects of each. The mai...

Different Ways of Organizing Space Based on the Architectural Models of Traditional Houses: A New Approach to Designing Modern Houses: (Case Study: Qazvin’s Traditional Houses)

The architecture of houses, design and management are a collection of behaviors that are realized in space. The recognition of traditional houses requires having space in possession; that is to say, seeing the building and seeking the key to appreciating it. On the one hand, it refers to the different dimensions and features of the building and on the other, it represents the main objectives of...

The Analysis of Daylight Factor and Illumination in Iranian Traditional Architecture, Case Studies: Qajar Era Houses, Qazvin, Iran

Learning from Vernacular Architecture: Ecological Solutions in Traditional Erzurum Houses ¬リニ

Vernacular architecture has been an inspiration for innovations in environmental and socio-economically sustainable design and planning. Especially in traditional housing, the intended climatic and environmental solutions within sustainable design have already been achieved by local implementations. In this sense, as the important examples on vernacular architecture, traditional Erzurum houses ...

Eco-Architecture: Pet Bottle Houses

Eco -friendly architectural principles are being incorporated into more buildings every day in the world but they are still out of reach of many people due to lack of knowledge and awareness. Nevertheless, many traditional societies learned to build collaborating with nature, basing their buildings on an intuitive knowledge of the environment and climate, constructing buildings at a very low co...