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Designer’S Awareness In Architecture Products, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Designer’S Awareness In Architecture Products, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

There is an effective difference on the visual status of a designer when formulating architectural forms as products, ‘within the relations of the internal contents of these forms’ through the relations of the forms with their meaning. The complete visualization of the designer with meanings and the objectives of the forms. The research consent was on the lack of visualizing the possible changes in forming the products that can be achieved depending on the opposition of movements where they refuse traditional coping in forming programs related to architectural trends.This paper is searching for new two movement which refuses the old …

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The Influence Of Some Of Design Decisions In Raising The Cost Of Dwelling Unit, Nagham Faisal Yusif, Nawal Abd Alameer, Maan Nihad Apr 2026

The Influence Of Some Of Design Decisions In Raising The Cost Of Dwelling Unit, Nagham Faisal Yusif, Nawal Abd Alameer, Maan Nihad

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The most common problems in big cities is the high rate of residency because of the high population growth, therefore, It is a big problem nowadays to a family to get a suitable accommodation (general problem),but for the Iraqi family one of the most important priority is to get their own accommodation, and to achieve this target, the cost of accommodation ought to be low so it will be more easy for families , thus the specific problem is the difficulty of owing a dwelling unit with acceptable cost .Though the research problem is :there is no clear idea about …

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The Prognostical Value Of Special Aptitudes' Tests For Accepted Students To Study Architecture "Accepted Students In Architectural Department In The University Of Mosul As A Case Study", Shatha Yakub Alshaik, Farhan Awad Jassim Altai Apr 2026

The Prognostical Value Of Special Aptitudes' Tests For Accepted Students To Study Architecture "Accepted Students In Architectural Department In The University Of Mosul As A Case Study", Shatha Yakub Alshaik, Farhan Awad Jassim Altai

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Most institutions, around the world attend to do tests for persons competing to work, in order to achieve the correct professional choice.From these, are architectural departments in Iraq, which sometimes attempt to do unobligatory tests for students like studying architecture. Ivestigation about the importance of the prognostical value of these tests and their achievement in choosing and directing students for studying architecture emerges clearly especially, that students' acceptance now depends only on the final results of the secondary schools exams. The problem of the paper had been represented as the absence of the objective vision of the prognostical value of …

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Landscape Architecture In Architectural Education, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi, Ahmed Yousif Al Omary Apr 2026

Landscape Architecture In Architectural Education, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi, Ahmed Yousif Al Omary

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Landscape design is taught at Iraqi architectural colleges at the 4th stage in one semester. Due to the increasing importance of this material and its environmental, ecological, aesthetic and designing impacts on design and in order to reinforce its role in the architectural learning in the undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the architectural departments, the study problem focus on the deficiency of attention paid for this material and the qualification of the graduated architect. Search has been made in both Arabic and foreign universities and institutes to examine the teaching of this material as related to curriculum, teaching hours and …

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Place Identity Of Residential Environment In Iraqi Contemporary Architectural Trends And Its Impact On Academic Architectural Product, Hassan Abd Alrazaq Al Sanjari, Saba Ibraheem Taha, Mumtaz Hazim Aldauji Apr 2026

Place Identity Of Residential Environment In Iraqi Contemporary Architectural Trends And Its Impact On Academic Architectural Product, Hassan Abd Alrazaq Al Sanjari, Saba Ibraheem Taha, Mumtaz Hazim Aldauji

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Iraqi contemporary architecture is characterized with rise of some trends associated with Iraqi pioneers who had various attitudes in expressing place identity. Two main trends which are swinging between the conservative one who adopts the domestic architectural heritage and the second trend who tends to follow international architectural tendencies entirely could be mentioned . Today, in spite of these trends are more than fifty years old , there still some argument about this issue. The architectural works reflect more variation and ambiguity in expressing the contemporary local environment with no serious attempts to have a stable background for this case. …

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The Trace Of Floor Area Ratio(F.A.R.)Change On The Dwelling Unit Environment(Casa Study: Neighborhood #427/ Al-Kadhimya), Fadhaa Maroof Al Chalabi, Jamal Baqer Mtlak Alsadi Apr 2026

The Trace Of Floor Area Ratio(F.A.R.)Change On The Dwelling Unit Environment(Casa Study: Neighborhood #427/ Al-Kadhimya), Fadhaa Maroof Al Chalabi, Jamal Baqer Mtlak Alsadi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

In spite of the awareness of the researchers the importance of the preparation of living environment (private or public) which is appropriate for a person to ensure a better life in the social, physical and psychological that have been emerged in communities. A lot of studies have been taken in many countries in the world including Iraq, which used various planning tools to control the size of building in terms of number of existing housing units, quality and services to be provided within the housing unit and beyond it, in excess of inclusion delimiters and controls within the laws of …

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The Impact Of The Information Development On The Curricula Development Of Architectural Education, Suha Haddan Aldahwia Apr 2026

The Impact Of The Information Development On The Curricula Development Of Architectural Education, Suha Haddan Aldahwia

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architectural Education aims primarily to develop an efficient architecture for regularity in the successful profession practice that live continuous and rapid development; in a professional competition atmosphere that has moved from local and regional levels to global level. And the preparation of this architect, that educational institutions boasted of him as he boasts of it ; should be provided ongoing development to achieve a high level of university education that suits Iraq's ancient universities .. The process of education in general include many of events such as(mind development, refine and build personal skills) and the passage of time the quality …

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The Role Of Housing In The Random Events Of The Phenomenon Of Visual Pollution Case Study "Um Alwarid " In Al-Jadirya Quarter., Zainab Salman Shama, Luay Taha Almulla Huaish Apr 2026

The Role Of Housing In The Random Events Of The Phenomenon Of Visual Pollution Case Study "Um Alwarid " In Al-Jadirya Quarter., Zainab Salman Shama, Luay Taha Almulla Huaish

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Increasing the breadth of the phenomenon of slums in the cities has generated a lot of problems between the problems of physical and social, economic, and return multiple problems to the complexity of the causes giving rise between economic and social reasons, cultural, noting that the results have exceeded these aspects to cause a display of environmental pollution of visual pollution, which is one of the most dangerous types of pollution because it is more pronounced and affects the psychological equilibrium and aesthetic for the viewer. Have contributed to the extension of population non-planned, multi-migration to the deterioration of social …

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Housing Development, Its Dimensions And Its Constituents, Sanaa Sati Abbas Apr 2026

Housing Development, Its Dimensions And Its Constituents, Sanaa Sati Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This paper studies housing development phenomenon, it's social, environmental and economical dimensions, as well as its urban design and planning constituents. The research assumes that, the housing development not verified, only by the existence of these two constituents with the previous mentioned dimensions. Literature review showed that there was a gap in the concept of housing development locally, so the aim of this paper is to bridge this gap. The research hypothesis was "the housing development is an integration of social, environmental and economic dimensions, within urban design and planning constituents". The research defines the housing development as keeping the …

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The Urban Nomads Of Iraq The Urban Iraqis Living Like Nomads In Their Urban Homes, Şubhi Hussein Alwān Al-‘Azzāwī Apr 2026

The Urban Nomads Of Iraq The Urban Iraqis Living Like Nomads In Their Urban Homes, Şubhi Hussein Alwān Al-‘Azzāwī

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

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Pilot Projects For Traditional Areas In Bahrain "Conservation & Urban Design Projects For Traditional Areas", Falah Al-Kubaisy Apr 2026

Pilot Projects For Traditional Areas In Bahrain "Conservation & Urban Design Projects For Traditional Areas", Falah Al-Kubaisy

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Bahrain has a rich heritage of built environment dating back to antiquity which left us many important of historical buildings and traditional city areas. However, the historical core areas of Bahrain’s two oldest towns, Muharraq and MaNama, are now under threat. The concern of the government to seek innovative solutions for Bahrain’s cultural heritage resulted in adopting the project of “Capacity Building for Enhancement of Urban Governance: Urban Design Projects for Traditional Areas". A team comprised of an appointed project director and a number of international consultants representing various disciplines were assembled for the project with the assistance of the …

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The Architectural Design Between Creation And Methodology., Ahmed Hashim Hammed El-Eqapy Apr 2026

The Architectural Design Between Creation And Methodology., Ahmed Hashim Hammed El-Eqapy

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The cotemporary thesis focused on studying design operation and concept by many view which distinguish by obligated one science side in the studying like creation, method, design elements….etc. That what remote the knowledge and thoughtfully production par the totality in limited and understand characters and properties for this concept, in the same time amplifier the knowledge base about one side alone except the other by form make it disconnect par other sides. To missed the knowledge and thoughtfully relationship which can be in case study in related form with others. All that makes the real base and need for the …

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Imitation Form Strategy Of Nature In Traditional Arabic City, Nada Abdulmueen Hasan Apr 2026

Imitation Form Strategy Of Nature In Traditional Arabic City, Nada Abdulmueen Hasan

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

A man today practiced many attacks on the environment that exceeding from its nature and scope than of past generations practice. He has create, a new, transformer environment that includes the Technology progress, and imposes itself upon him. It's always requiring efforts to changes and adaptation. The combination of loss of nature contact, the traditional life environment , sudden break with the past, and to reject the broad tradition – which was rising on a pilot basis not without reason – that rise feelings of anxiety and lack of roots in the modern humans. Many studies noted to numerous attempts …

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The Spatial Symbol Dynamic Nature In Architecture, Basim Hasan Al Majid Apr 2026

The Spatial Symbol Dynamic Nature In Architecture, Basim Hasan Al Majid

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Contemporary architectural studies have focused on studying the symbol concept which are characterized by focusing on the aspects of meanings, denotations, and bifurcation in a detailed eloquence . At the same time there is no focusing on the possibility of studying the spatial frame of the symbol in a separate form in order to extend knowledge which is concerned with the revelation and creative possibilities of finding a special spatial symbolic perspective according to its dynamic nature. Therefore this research aims to find and define an actual need to a getaway towards this subject in order to understand and present …

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Levels Of Creative Addition And Its Characteristics In Contemporary Iraqi Architecture, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Anwar Subhi Ramdan Al-Qaraghuli Apr 2026

Levels Of Creative Addition And Its Characteristics In Contemporary Iraqi Architecture, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Anwar Subhi Ramdan Al-Qaraghuli

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Addition is regarded as one of the important concepts which has accompanied human culture from time memorial in its various aspects of thinking, science, and art. Thus, addition in architecture which represents a cultural product embodying man’s thought, his social needs and demands was reflected in theory and practice through different historical era. Each era added to the previous one something new and distinctive serving development and growth. At present, the importance of this concept has emerged after an increased call to invest in the heritage and re-employ it in new attempts after adding to it, thus achieving an architecture …

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The Role Of Texture On Perceptual Attributes In Interior Architecture Spaces, Mohammed Isam Al-Taha, Aseel Ibrahem Apr 2026

The Role Of Texture On Perceptual Attributes In Interior Architecture Spaces, Mohammed Isam Al-Taha, Aseel Ibrahem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Many ideas concentrate on the subject of the texture in interior architecture spaces, and consider it the basic design vocabulary, but it did not appear a clear image about the effect of varying texture qualities on perceptual attributes in interior architecture spaces. Therefore the problem was limited; while littleness of the scientific knowledge about the role of texture on perceptual attributes in interior architecture spaces. The research tries to discover the role of texture on perceptual attributes in interior architecture spaces, assuming the effect of interior architecture spaces perception by texture. To solve the research problem a theoretical prototype was …

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The Aesthetics Of Ugliness In Architecture, Asma Niazy Taher Apr 2026

The Aesthetics Of Ugliness In Architecture, Asma Niazy Taher

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The concept "aesthetics of ugliness" is considered to be one of the post-modernism treatises. The meaning of "aesthetics" is more comprehensive it encompasses numerous other concepts, e.g. those of beauty, ugliness, sublime… Many studies were generally concerned with the concept of ugliness (especially in the field of architecture) from different perspectives, and in a brief and inclusive way. The research problem focused on the absence of a clear definition of the concept of aesthetic ugliness and its role in the aesthetic experience of architecture, and this is what the present research aims to discover. Depending on the research hypothesis which …

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The General Knowledge Frame For Dualism Oftheory And Traditions In Architecture, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Basim Hasan Al Majid Apr 2026

The General Knowledge Frame For Dualism Oftheory And Traditions In Architecture, Khalil Ibrahim Ali, Basim Hasan Al Majid

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Contemporary studies has been focused on studying and adopting the dualism concept as a fundamental indicator to sustain the principles, indices, and meanings which form the intellectual state of any context and explain a perspective which depends on conflation and implication for the principles of life constructing in many studies and perspectives both in an included and declared form. In this field, explanation of dualities as a condition of containment of common contradiction of a certain image extended through a range of contradiction and conflict indicating a design principle utilized in architecture. This research aimed to explain and define the …

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Effect Of The Geometry Of The Roof On The Efficiency Of Thermal Performance (The City Of Baghdad Case Study), Jamal Abed Al Wahid Jassim Al- Sudany Apr 2026

Effect Of The Geometry Of The Roof On The Efficiency Of Thermal Performance (The City Of Baghdad Case Study), Jamal Abed Al Wahid Jassim Al- Sudany

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Many studies have focused on efficiency placed climate of buildings by controlling a forms, but it did not address the geometry of the roof in particular led to the emergence of the research problem in the lack of clarity in the role of the geometry of the roof influence the efficiency of the thermal performance of buildings with the roof exposed to solar radiation. This research aims to evaluate the thermal performance of a geometric form of the roof in the hot, dry, Iraq, as well as to resolve some aspects of the debate about the efficiency of the thermal …

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The Effect Of Design On Reading Architectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Effect Of Design On Reading Architectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The architectural critics based on unfamiliar concepts and their use in design; the rapid change in technology and the requisites in design have caused progress may be slow. These require longer periods in order to affect architectural themes. They also are so unique that they almost defy their basic element. Contrast between actual design work and it is criticism produced directives in complete design work in a form of inventions. On the other side; the effect of critics on complete design equations through about individual results within it is expression. The research seek; the relationship between the ability in reading …

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Graphic Techniques For Developing Creativity In Architectural Design, Rasha Subbhy, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa Apr 2026

Graphic Techniques For Developing Creativity In Architectural Design, Rasha Subbhy, Emad Abd Al Hameed, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The contemporary world is marked by the phenomenon of the rapid changes in all fields of human knowledge. The architecture of future will still be the most confusing and puzzling issue and misgivings that a rouse worry and leading to the spirit of adventures to make progress and arrive at the ways of revival, creativity and modernism. The idea of prevailing of certain culture or certain product in architecture depends on the given and available techniques, due to the fact that the computer and their graphic techniques become very important and vital to reinforce the image in architectural design. Thus, …

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Intelligent Tropical Buildingsa Study Of The Eco-Technological Integration Effects On Reducing The Economicaland Environmental Costs, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rudhab Ahmed Mahmood Apr 2026

Intelligent Tropical Buildingsa Study Of The Eco-Technological Integration Effects On Reducing The Economicaland Environmental Costs, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rudhab Ahmed Mahmood

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

In the last few years, a number of studies highlighted the two concepts of "Technology" and "Ecology", which may seem at a glance as being in contradiction. The "Technological" approach represented by the "intelligent buildings" is investing the new scientific and technological advances to achieve adaptation with the ever changing man needs, provide comfortable internal environment, and responding to external environment effects but without taking into consideration the context and the environmental content surrounding these buildings. This has led to ignorance of the project site nature and the surrounding environment. This has formed the general boundaries of my study. Because …

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Excerption And Inclusion In Language And Architecture, Emad Younis Lafi Apr 2026

Excerption And Inclusion In Language And Architecture, Emad Younis Lafi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Excerption and inclusion are two terms in Arabic rhetoric. The excerption is defined as a taking a part of text from Holly Quran or Hadith and put it in a poem, verse line, or put it in a prose text. But the linguistics expand the concept of this term to include taking from another sciences and knowledge, like Grammar, Philology, and Prosody. Inclusion is defined as taking a verse line or part of verse line from another poet to put it in a new poem, it is necessary that the poet who take the text should declare it, and if …

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The Effect Of The Formal And Organizational Properties Onthe Aesthetic Evaluation Of The Architectural Design Project"According To The Specialty Of The Iraqi Academic Experience", Nagham Ahmed Al-Qaysi Apr 2026

The Effect Of The Formal And Organizational Properties Onthe Aesthetic Evaluation Of The Architectural Design Project"According To The Specialty Of The Iraqi Academic Experience", Nagham Ahmed Al-Qaysi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Evaluation as a general concept in the academic field are considered to be one of the most important aspects in the architectural design domain from the beginning of the process of designing a project until the final presentation in the academic field.So this research mainly concentrates on the evaluation concept and specially on the Aesthetic evaluation of the architectural design in relation with the formal and organizational properties on the project therefore the research special problem can be set out as "the lack in a clear understanding of the effect of the formal and organizational properties of the design in …

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Design For Daylight Windows In Architectural Spaces, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

Design For Daylight Windows In Architectural Spaces, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The daylight was and still one of the most important means and could put human in touch with his environment and architecture. The aim of this research is to determine the proper design of window's area which achieves suitable level of daylight in Architectural spaces of Baghdad city. This area of window relate to the change of interior and exterior design characteristic with addition to the suitable light level for users and their activities. The research treats windows in the same way followed in methods of designing artificial lighting and determining power size of electric lamp. Because it's difficult to …

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Formal Transformation In Urban Context Analytical Study To The Formal Transformation In Urban Context By Using The Remote Sensing, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Maha Haki Almuhammadi Apr 2026

Formal Transformation In Urban Context Analytical Study To The Formal Transformation In Urban Context By Using The Remote Sensing, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Maha Haki Almuhammadi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Many researchers interest directed to study the urban context as one of important concept to achieve temporal and spatial continuity in urban environment and link the building with neighboring. The paper deals with urban context as:- integral contain apposes clear orders and also statue procedural definition it is contain of potential and outstanding orders which instituted from joined parts in urban fabric, linked together in potential relations and bear urban and cultural values posses formal conduct, coinciding functional and rotating and bear association deliberative meanings the potential in shared between the parte and the whole and the outstanding in formal …

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The Concept Of Fourth Dimension In Landscape, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi Apr 2026

The Concept Of Fourth Dimension In Landscape, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Rawaa Fawzi Naom Abbawi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Landscape designer deals with three spatial dimensions, as well as with another dimension mentioned in design literatures. This dimension is the fourth dimension. Because of the absence of sufficient information about this concept, in the field of architecture, and particularly in landscape design . For the purpose of benefiting the landscape architects, and how to present and develop this dimension through the design process, and finding it in the final design. Search for this concept in different literature those specialized in research problem, so this research was aimed to clarify the concept of the fourth dimension briefly within the scientific, …

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Mechanism Of Contemporary Architectural Text(Analyzing View According To Symbol Concept), Zainab Hussein Rauof Apr 2026

Mechanism Of Contemporary Architectural Text(Analyzing View According To Symbol Concept), Zainab Hussein Rauof

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Meaning of speech language achieved by symbolic it's items, so the symbolism is one of independent strategies which survive on dialog throw design process. Although texts resulted from this strategies combined in goals, mechanism and creation style but they are characteristic to familiar and unfamiliar symbolic text. So the research problem represent in (there is no knowledge about how texts are characteristic to familiar and un familiar symbolic text and what are vocabularies identify each type). hypothesis of research is (architectural symbolic text characteristic to familiar and unfamiliar symbolic text according to vocabularies resulted from mechanism of architectural symbolic text). …

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The Change Of Genotype In Old Traditional Areas In Baghdad Cityanalytical Study Using Geographic Information System, Sanaa Sati Abbas Apr 2026

The Change Of Genotype In Old Traditional Areas In Baghdad Cityanalytical Study Using Geographic Information System, Sanaa Sati Abbas

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Change is the fact of being difference, or something to be in a state that not being before. Old traditional areas in Baghdad City have been encountered to many changes by the act of streets cut through, as a result of development process or comprehensive plans, which represents the research problem. The research hypothesis is, the genotype of old traditional areas is changed by the act of streets cut through. The aim of this paper is to explore the changes in this genotype with specific reference to old traditional Al- Kadhemiyah and old Karkh, according to four morphological stages passed …

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The Effect Of Globalization Terrorism On Architectureproblematical Of Architecture In Globalization Terrorism, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Effect Of Globalization Terrorism On Architectureproblematical Of Architecture In Globalization Terrorism, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

It could be said; that the globalization during the last10-20 years, lead to the colonization of societies. The power and dominance practiced over the societies, indirectly, created some level fear in imitation. The study attempts to indicate the picture of globalization(in architecture)as a case of deliberate change to the nature of architectural thought in order to influence architectural modes in the societies. The globalization terrorism in the world tends to bear some lack in architectural thoughts. The society live these international relationship, problem related to the absence of realization of the final effects on architectural results and it is related …

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