An architectural aspect is a concern that cuts across architecture modularity units and cannot be effectively modularized using the given abstractions of conventional Architecture Description Languages (ADLs). Dealing with crosscutting concerns is not a trivial task since they affect each other and the base architectural decomposition in multiple heterogeneous ways. The lack of ADL support for ...

Software architecture is the most important artifact in the software life cycle. The architectural description and the architectural design decide the quality and the longevity of the software. The design decisions made to arrive at a particular software architecture decide the value of quality attributes such as performance, reliability, security and modifiability. Also the percentage of desig...

The traditional architecture of Ethiopia is manifold and spreads over a wide range climatic zones topographies, serving diversity societies. Within these contexts, the architectural traditions that have emerged show extraordinary quality adaptability. All basic kinds building construction can be found in diverse Ethiopian cultures types. In this paper, selected examples rich heritage, from mass...

The design of architectural environments has to take into account various sources of heterogeneous information. Not only quantitative spatial constraints and qualitative relations but also functionally-dependent and abstract conceptualizations are relevant aspects for architectural design. We aim at a modular ontological approach based on the theory of E-connections to formally present and brin...

The architectural metaphor has played an important role in many aspects of IS/ICT since the 1970s. One key influence in this has been Zachman’s ISA, first introduced in 1987. This is now a pivotal aspect of the domain, but it has developed in a lop-sided fashion with the structural features of the architectural trope effacing the cognitive ones. This paper focuses attention back on the neglec...

Abstract Digital architecture, as a proceeding architectural style, has caused fundamental evolutions in architectural design and building appearance via applying complex geometries and topologies. Computers and digital tools have truly altered the design process and architectural conception facilitating production of new eye catching forms. Avant-garde architectural forms have emerged from the...