The histories of architectural design and town planning are replete with references to creating a better quality of human life. One of the approaches to enhancing human existence is Vāstu Vidyā, the knowledge of design and building from the ancient Vedic tradition. More recently, Vāstu Vidyā has been repurposed to include not only architectural practice and construction but also considered i...

The article compares the revenue houses of architect A. Shcherbachev, built for merchant D.E. Chelyshev at end XIX century in Samara. At moment, most these are disrepair or have been lost, so it is necessary to collect all available information on architectural monuments order understand principles and patterns Shcherbachev's design, including first buildings Samara, their preservation restorat...

Investigating the Mental Health Status and Its Related Factors among Students of Guilan University Medical Sciences

Mass content creation is nowadays one of the most important challenges for game artists. This paper presents a high-level architectural modeling solution that combines the full generative power of shape grammars with the ease of use and flexibility of a node-based visual language. Our approach comprises a shape data flow character and introduces some novel features, including recursion, paramet...

This study compares previous analytical findings in the area of cultural web design using Hofstede’s dimensions with findings from a three year case study. This case study used an ethnographic and user-centric approach to better integrate cultural requirements into the website for a specific Indigenous community. We overview this design process and describe the ten key design features that were...