1.1 Urban identity? [“He went to a window and opened the shutters. “From this window you can enjoy the view of one of the most evocative places in Rome. Look, look at the harmony of storeys...” The window looked onto an anonymous crossroads with houses built in the immediate post-war period in the wake of one of the many demolitions. The street lights lit up this deserted environment completely...

he careless application of technology and poor planning have had deteriorating effects on the economy, agricultural production and social structure in iran. the country, where the exportation of excess agricultural production brought a major portion of her income some 20 years ago, had to import more than 75 per cent of the food needs of her prople in recent years. some national plans or major ...

Since information technology (IT) plays an increasingly important role for modern enterprises, the number of running IT projects raises steadily. These days, an enterprise architect is confronted with a multitude of projects he or she has to supervise in order to avert potential project threats. As a matter of fact, the number of projects that are to be supervised exceeds the available architec...

a comparative study of the corresponding styles of western and iranian modern architecture has hardly ever been carried out in detail. this paper aims to sketch out an outline for such an investigation and to present a summary of empirical evidence accompanied by field observations to elaborate the ongoing trend of relationship between architectural styles in iran and that of the west. this is ...

Martin Powell suggests that the death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been announced so many times we are at risk of not noticing should it actually happen. He is right. If we ‘cry wolf’ too many times, we risk losing sight of what is important about the NHS and why.

one of the most traditional architecture and urban planning patterns is bazaar. the aim of this paper is studying social, economical and architectural features of traditional bazaars. the claim of this study is that they are significant relationship between social and economical values of bazaars with their architectural values. bazaar usually is located along the main routes of the city and ex...

nowadays, numerous realities in the field of architecture has gathered architects’ concentration; this has alienated designer’s attention from theoretical thinking in the initial stages of design process. new considerations such as human attitude and orientation in urban areas, the environmental impacts, behavioral relations between man and building, considering sociology and psychology in crea...

Achieving sustainable development for managers and urban planning requires a systemic attitude to various urban issues and phenomena and a comprehensive urban development cannot be obtained with a single-dimensional perspective. Hence, in implementing various urban projects, it is necessary to examine the interactions of these projects with the surrounding environment and to assess their impact...