The Courtyard House

Author : NasserO. Rabbat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351545389

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The Courtyard House by NasserO. Rabbat Pdf

The courtyard house is one of the most enduring architectural forms, transcending regional, historical and cultural boundaries. Its balance of simple appropriate construction, environmental control and social and familial structures continues to engage architects and architectural historians. That the courtyard house is still relevant today is indicated through its ability to accommodate continual transformation without losing any of its formal integrity and cultural roots. This book presents a series of viewpoints on courtyard houses from different periods and in different regions around the world; from the Harem courtyards of the Topkapi Palace and the low-cost housing settlements of Protectorate Casablanca, to contemporary design strategies for courtyard houses in the arid Gulf region. Together, the essays illuminate issues of particular relevance in architectural, art historical, and conservation discourses today.

Author : Günter Pfeifer,Per Brauneck
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-05
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783764378400

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Courtyard Houses by Günter Pfeifer,Per Brauneck Pdf

This volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types—cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.

Author : Jan Cremers,Peter Bonfig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3038630527

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Compact Courtyard Houses by Jan Cremers,Peter Bonfig Pdf

Author : Brian Edwards
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415262720

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Courtyard Housing by Brian Edwards Pdf

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.

Author : Charmaine Chan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500519202

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Courtyard Living by Charmaine Chan Pdf

An inspiring architecture and interior design survey of the most stunning courtyard houses of the Asia-Pacific region. Courtyards have long played an important function in residential design, regulating light, shade, and the use of space. With thousands of years of tradition as inspiration, contemporary architects are now realizing courtyard living afresh. This lavish survey of twenty-five residences across the Asia-Pacific region features homes from Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, India, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka. Structured by courtyard function, the book’s five chapters—on privacy; multigenerational living; sightlines; light and ventilation; and living with nature—are richly illustrated with photography and architectural illustrations showing courtyard positions within floor plans. Showcasing the unique lifestyle opportunities afforded by contemporary courtyard design, this is an inspirational resource for anyone interested in indoor–outdoor living.

Author : Stefanos Polyzoides,Roger Sherwood,James Tice
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0910413533

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Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles by Stefanos Polyzoides,Roger Sherwood,James Tice Pdf

Essays, drawings, plans, and over 200 black-and-white photographs document the courtyard housing in Los Angeles. The style, expressed in both grand and humble dwellings, was at its height in the 1920's and 1930's, but is still around to provide privacy and greenspace in the dense urban area. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Yatin Pandya
Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Courtyard houses
ISBN : 9385360094

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Courtyard Houses of India by Yatin Pandya Pdf

- Extensive documentation of courtyard houses, both traditional and contemporary - More than a thousand images, drawings, plans and maps - Overview according to climate, geography, philosophy and religion Indian architecture is not about an object in space; instead it integrates space within the object where the built and the unbuilt become counterpoints to vitalize each other. This engulfed void known as the courtyard lies at the genesis of urban dwellings in India. In this book the author traces the metaphysical, mythical, socio-cultural, environmental and spatial roles of the courtyard in the domestic architecture of India - from early civilization and Vedic times to Islamic and colonial influences. This book documents traditional courtyard dwelling types across India within diverse climatic, cultural as well as geographic zones such as West (Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), South (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa), East (Bihar, West Bengal), Central (Madhya Pradesh) and North (Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir). Courtyard Houses of India documents, analyzes and infers the attributes and manifestations of traditional courtyard houses and examines the diverse interpretations of those as applied in contemporary homes.

Author : Dr Donia Zhang
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409471585

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Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability by Dr Donia Zhang Pdf

Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the ‘fourth pillar’ alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book elicits the interplay of ‘nature-culture-architecture’ and theorizes the concept of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It identifies four key themes in Chinese philosophy: Harmony with Heaven, Harmony with Earth, Harmony with Humans, and Harmony with Self, along with Greek philosopher Aristotle’s physics: form, space, matter, and time, it sets them as criteria to evaluate the renewed and new courtyard housing projects constructed in China since the 1990s. Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation notes, and real estate brochures, the book proposes new courtyard garden house design strategies that promote healthy communities and human care for one another, a concept that is universally applicable. The volume is a first opportunity to take a holistic view, to encompass eastern and western, tangible and intangible, cultures in the theorization of ‘cultural sustainability’ and ‘culturally sustainable architecture.’ It is a comprehensive contribution to architectural theory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015050819575

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The Indian Courtyard House by Anonim Pdf

Author : Donia Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317158837

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Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability by Donia Zhang Pdf

Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the fourth pillar alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book elicits the interplay of nature-culture-architecture and theorizes the concept of cultural sustainability and culturally sustainable architecture. It identifies four key themes in Chinese philosophy: Harmony with Heaven, Harmony with Earth, Harmony with Humans, and Harmony with Self, along with Greek philosopher Aristotle’s physics: form, space, matter, and time, it sets them as criteria to evaluate the renewed and new courtyard housing projects constructed in China since the 1990s. Using an innovative architectural and social science approach, this book examines the political, economic, social, and spatial factors that affect cultural sustainability. Supported by a multiplicity of data including: field surveys, interviews with residents, architects, and planners, time diaries, drawings, photos, planning documents, observation notes, and real estate brochures, the book proposes new courtyard garden house design strategies that promote healthy communities and human care for one another, a concept that is universally applicable. The volume is a first opportunity to take a holistic view, to encompass eastern and western, tangible and intangible, cultures in the theorization of cultural sustainability and culturally sustainable architecture. It is a comprehensive contribution to architectural theory.

Author : Donia Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317158790

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Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness by Donia Zhang Pdf

Health and happiness are fundamental to human quality of life. The United Nations World Happiness Report 2012 reflects a new worldwide call for governments to include happiness as a criterion to their policies. The Healthy Cities or Happy Cities movement has been endorsed by the WHO since 1986, and a Healthy House or Happy Home is a critical constituent of a healthy city or a happy city. Nevertheless, the concept has not been fully explored. Existing literature on the healthy house has often focused on the technical, economic, environmental, or biochemical aspects, while current scholarship on the happy home commonly centers on interior decoration. Few studies have addressed the importance of social and cultural factors that affect the health and happiness of the occupants. Identifying four key themes in Chinese philosophy to promote health and happiness at home, this book links architecture with Chinese philosophy, social sciences, and the humanities, and in doing so, argues that Architectural Multiculturalism is a vital ideology to guide housing design in North America. Using both qualitative and quantitative evidence gathered from ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese living in the USA and Canada, the study proposes that the Courtyard is a central component to promote social and cultural health and happiness of residents. It further details courtyard garden house design strategies that combine a sense of privacy with a feeling of community as represented in courtyard housing. The schemes may have universal implications.

Author : Duncan Macintosh
Publisher : London : Lund Humphries for the Architectural Association
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015006352523

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The Modern Courtyard House by Duncan Macintosh Pdf

Author : Ralph Knowles
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781597266239

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Ritual House by Ralph Knowles Pdf

The houses we dwell in, the cities surrounding our houses, even the clothes we wear—these are all shelters we erect against the elements. They are also the embodiment of intuitive rituals, individual and cultural responses to nature’s rhythms. Life in the 21st century has separated us from those traditions—now, Ritual House reawakens us to our lost natural heritage. Celebrated architect Ralph Knowles, Distinguished Emeritus at USC’s School of Architecture, has carefully crafted a book for architects, designers, planners—anyone who yearns to reconnect to the natural world through the built environment. He shows us how to re-examine a shadow, a wall, a window, a landscape, as they respond to the natural cycles of heat, light, wind, and rain. Analyzing methods of sheltering that range from a Berber tent to a Spanish courtyard to the cityscape of contemporary Los Angeles, Knowles shows us the future: by coining the concept of solar access zoning, he introduces a radical yet increasingly viable solution for tomorrow’s mega-cities. Understanding how the elements affect our lives is more vital than ever. High-energy enclosed building systems have cut us off from nature, but we can re-connect to our landscapes and to humanity through buildings that honor ecological balance, personal choice, and creativity. By engaging nature in our designs, we can create shelters that are unique to their climate, their region, and their relationship to the sun. Ritual House will take its rightful place among those classic works that become touchstones for the culture.

Author : Kim Won-il
Publisher : Dalkey Archive Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781564789136

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House with a Sunken Courtyard by Kim Won-il Pdf

"Originally published in Korean as Madang kip'up chin by Munhak kwa Chisongsa, Seoul, 1998"--Title page verso.

Author : Elizabeth J. Stewart,Liz Stewart (Archaeologist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1786942119

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Courts and Alleys by Elizabeth J. Stewart,Liz Stewart (Archaeologist) Pdf

As Liverpool grew in the 18th and 19th centuries, there was high demand for new homes. High-density back-to-back housing around courtyards provided cramped, dark and often damp homes to Liverpool's working-class people. This book uses a range of historical and archaeological evidence to consider life in courts.