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Visual Chaos Of The Formal Order Of The University Buildings Case Study – University Of Technology, Zainab Ibrahim Apr 2026

Visual Chaos Of The Formal Order Of The University Buildings Case Study – University Of Technology, Zainab Ibrahim

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This Paper Studies Visual Chaos phenomenon in the University of Technology, after the development and rehabilitation of its Buildings, Which was the reason for the absence of the formal order Unity of its Buildings. So the aim of this paper is to built a base Knowledge to visual chaos phenomenon, Order and Formal Order. The research hypothesis was “there is a visual chaos in the formal order of the elevations and the master plan of the University of Technology”. The research defines the visual chaos as the absence of order in the formal pattern. The research has built a theoretical …

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The Aesthetic Impact For The Technique’S Presentation For Interior Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rand Abbas A.H. Alkhaiat Apr 2026

The Aesthetic Impact For The Technique’S Presentation For Interior Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rand Abbas A.H. Alkhaiat

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Man searches for a tool to reflect his thoughts and simulate what is around him of features, and through the various and different drawing techniques he can now portray what is around him and demonstrate it with different means as an integral whole. Where using the techniques requires using the experience and skill by drawing and architectural performance. The research problem was determined by the scientific need to know the nature of the aesthetical effect for the presentation techniques in internal architecture, where the research tries to disclose the nature of the aesthetical effect for the presentation techniques through the …

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Subjective And Objective In Architectural Modernity And Post Modernity, Falah Jaber, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza Apr 2026

Subjective And Objective In Architectural Modernity And Post Modernity, Falah Jaber, Abbas Ali Hamza Al Greiza

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The architecture is the highest knowledge field and most reactive in human society where, human lives in this article includes subjective and objective concepts and the relationship between them. Also, this shows the relation between these two concepts and the science of society, in order to show the background knowledge between those two concepts and reflection on architectural idea. This article concentrates to clear this dualism in general architecture and in architectural modernity and post modernity in special aim, due to their relations. Each one completes the other concept in time also.

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The Effect Of Residential Re- Subdivision Analytic Study For Palestine Street From 2006-2010, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Farah Gazi Mohammed Apr 2026

The Effect Of Residential Re- Subdivision Analytic Study For Palestine Street From 2006-2010, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Farah Gazi Mohammed

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

This paper studies the concept of residential land re-subdivision, and the role of regulations, instructions and standards in organizing this process, to provide residential plots which are suitable in their dimensions and areas to the residence. Residential re-subdivision affected by many factors such as number of new households, their economic situation, and the plot areas; which enable the families to adopt this solution The residential land re-subdivision is a good solution to reduce shortage in housing stock, and minimizing the pressure on the residential demand , but at the same time it is a reason for increasing the accommodation and …

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The Effect Of Informatics In The Form&Function For Urban Scape Contemporary, Mohammed Ghazi Apr 2026

The Effect Of Informatics In The Form&Function For Urban Scape Contemporary, Mohammed Ghazi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The modern era have a dynamic and rapid change and transition which depend on technology, its applications and mechanisms, and then the current era is characterized by an informatics development which opened the doors for science and developments.. The era in which, the super word is going to be for that who can understand deeply the informatics development and who makes it locally settled, in order to make out of it an unique architecture form & function that can comply with the needs of society and reflects its intentions, then accomplishing a series of subjugating that suit the actual life …

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The Color Decisions For Classrooms In The Primary Schools And Its Impact To Form Prefect Educational Environment For Pupils, Jassem Muhammed Nama Apr 2026

The Color Decisions For Classrooms In The Primary Schools And Its Impact To Form Prefect Educational Environment For Pupils, Jassem Muhammed Nama

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

In our contemporary world, the child spends the most important period of (his/her) life in the school’s environment,which helps there growing up, and building there personality for there future life . However , namely in our country still suffers from poorness in the presence of clear , and pure colors in the interiors for many primary schools especially within the classroom structures . This is due to the lade of any database standards or requirements for designers based on research and lab. Work. Concerning the behavior of children in their classrooms. special colors can set our tool to run the …

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Digital Architecturestudying The Formality Characteristics Of "Digital Architecture", Lina Ghanim Yaqub Jajjawi Apr 2026

Digital Architecturestudying The Formality Characteristics Of "Digital Architecture", Lina Ghanim Yaqub Jajjawi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The digital revolution reflected on the architecture as it reflected on other scientific, living and social fields. It's effects emerged clearly in the architectural form, Hence the architectural products did not stop at the design using the traditional methods and producing pictures using computer but exceeded to where the form produced as a result to the imagination design affected directly by the digital media. There is a clear lack of knowledge in this aspect on the academic and professional levels within our local modern digitalization society. According the research problems was limited to "the lack of clear imagination of the …

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Developing A Conceptual Framework For Bridging The Gap Between (Theory And Practical) In Urban Design, Shaymaa Hameed Alahbabi Apr 2026

Developing A Conceptual Framework For Bridging The Gap Between (Theory And Practical) In Urban Design, Shaymaa Hameed Alahbabi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

There is confusion in professionals for the field of urban design results from the interactive nature of the relationship between the (Idea) and presnting it in a communication language. The problem becomes more complicated when shaping the (Concept) and the transition from the conceptual level to the next level applied. So the main focus of current research on the statement of what the idea and concept, and the transition mechanisms towards the application of the components of the process of urban design. It aims to search out the mechanics and easier the process of communication between the parties of jurisdiction …

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The Effect Of Using Alucoponed In Achieving Visual Unity And Attractionin Commercial Building(An Analytical Study Of Commercial Streets Elevations), Suzan Abd Hassan, Samah Abd Alziz Apr 2026

The Effect Of Using Alucoponed In Achieving Visual Unity And Attractionin Commercial Building(An Analytical Study Of Commercial Streets Elevations), Suzan Abd Hassan, Samah Abd Alziz

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The appearance of composite materials and there wide speared use for cladding commercial buildings in the commercial streets context has an effect on visual unity & attractive for these streets, form this research problem is that there is no clear and fine percept of the effect using composite materials (Alucoponed) in cladding commercial buildings in the commercial streets context on achieve visual unity. And the research hypothesis is (The use of composite materials Alucoponed reduce visual unity& attractive in commercial streets general context and in the same time give a visual attractive for single building). the research aims to find …

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The Role Of Multi Sensory Responsive Architecture In Forming Distinctness Imagesat Interior Spaces, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh Apr 2026

The Role Of Multi Sensory Responsive Architecture In Forming Distinctness Imagesat Interior Spaces, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Shamael Mohammed Wajeeh Al Dabbagh

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The description of modern spaces is lacking in full range of sensory cues , which are not present in most modern spaces . They have also been neglected by designers, by not being consciously manipulated and by not allowing them to happen .There is currently an increased desire for sensory involvement for seeing, touching , smelling , hearing and feeling of kinesthetic – a desire for increased sensuality manifest in many fields , witch may permit architecture with multi sensory information, if only designers can take advantage . Research calls for the approach that embraces all human being senses and …

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The Information Technology Effmts On Acoustic Comfort In Exhibition Halls By Using ..Ecotect" Program, Rudhab Ahmed Mahmood, Safaaaldeen Ali Apr 2026

The Information Technology Effmts On Acoustic Comfort In Exhibition Halls By Using ..Ecotect" Program, Rudhab Ahmed Mahmood, Safaaaldeen Ali

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Comfort concept is not only limited to thermal comfort, as some people think. On the contrary, it is a broad concept which includes several aspects that must be taken into consideration when designing. Acoustic comfort is considered as one of the most important of these aspects, especially in large space buildings, as acoustic design is an essential designing need whose integration with other designing needs brings about comfort in its broadest concept. The acoustic design and achieving the acoustic needs in specialized audio halls and mosques has been the topic of several studies. But the lack of studies, if any, …

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The Effect Of Morphological Changes In Urban Fabric On Its Syntactical Properties-A Case Study In Mosul Old Suq-, Mumtaz Hazim Aldauji, Hussain Salmaan Albutani, Ayad Waleed Jalal Apr 2026

The Effect Of Morphological Changes In Urban Fabric On Its Syntactical Properties-A Case Study In Mosul Old Suq-, Mumtaz Hazim Aldauji, Hussain Salmaan Albutani, Ayad Waleed Jalal

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Urban centers had been grew and expanded gradually with a little renewal of their parts . In the past, this process was very slowly due to limited development in needs .Most renewal works occurred as a response to destruction caused by natural disasters or wars . This was true until the industrial revolution which was accompanied with a dramatic changes in transportation systems and the necessity to erect wide streets in most historic centers .In many cases ,these works did not take in consideration the importance of spatial attributes of such centers . Assuming that syntactical properties of any urban …

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The Health Architecture, Miqdad Haidar Al-Jawadi, Ibtisam Sami Muhammed Apr 2026

The Health Architecture, Miqdad Haidar Al-Jawadi, Ibtisam Sami Muhammed

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

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Sculpture And Contemporary Architecture, Rasha Subbhy, Aseel Ibrahem Apr 2026

Sculpture And Contemporary Architecture, Rasha Subbhy, Aseel Ibrahem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Architecture is one of the constructive Arts, but it is distinguished from the rest of the arts (sculpture, painting) as a functional utility, has been argued to be defined as the mother of art because they contain other arts in its subjects, while the sculpture is an incorporating art based on the establishment of three-dimensional replicas. There is direct relationship between architecture and sculpture through the incorporation of abstract forms of multiple spatial semantics with expressive manner.Sculptureal architecture has appeared at the late Modern period through the generation of pure sculptural form with high technical characters and exaggerating style. Where …

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The Strategy Of Urban Development Of The Citatel Cities Comparative Study Between Design Strategy Of The Development Of The Citadel Of Aleppo And The Citadel Of Erbil, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Shymaa Fadhil Alkubaisi Apr 2026

The Strategy Of Urban Development Of The Citatel Cities Comparative Study Between Design Strategy Of The Development Of The Citadel Of Aleppo And The Citadel Of Erbil, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Shymaa Fadhil Alkubaisi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research deals with the impact of historical citadel on urban development for city canters and their importance in shaping the urban areas of the city, as an attempt to define the best possible strategies for urban development of historical cities and in particular (citadel cities), which represents a tourist attraction on both global and local levels. Erbil city has been selected, as a case study for this research, since this fortress citadel having nowadays a comprehensive urban development, which creates an interactive effect for the urban fabric of the citadel and the urban fabric of the city of Erbil …

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Globlization And Its Effect On The Building System, Mazin Thafir Musa Apr 2026

Globlization And Its Effect On The Building System, Mazin Thafir Musa

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The Globalization has emerged and developed over several decides. This ideology which was set to constitutes the globe was not just to serve the world but to serve the entrusts of it’s believers for control and dominance. They’re for this ideology had to create anew world system, capable of constant reformation and changing. This new ideology made tools of technology, science, and economy as means have achieve it’s fundamental gals, no matter how these means have deferred and contradicted towards achieving the gals, they will seventhly serve the it’s main propose, which this comprehensive ideology seeks for. This contempory ideology …

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Rhythm In Traditional Facades A Lanes Of The Old Mosul City, Talaat Alaane, Hussein Albotany Apr 2026

Rhythm In Traditional Facades A Lanes Of The Old Mosul City, Talaat Alaane, Hussein Albotany

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Maintaining the characteristic and identity is considered of great importance to today's architecture because it as an extension of the architecture of the past and a bridge to the architecture of the future. Rhythm is an important component in dedicating the architectural characteristic and identity as the comprehension of the basic fundamentals that have contributed in creating and maintaining architecture, are inspired by the characteristic that occupies a prominent place in architecture. Thus, the study is an attempt to expound the essential terms and basic fundamentals that are a pivot of rhythm in faced design in the old Mosul city. …

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Formal Characteristics Of Vernacular Architecture In Erbil City And Other Iraqi Cities, Mahmood Ahmed Bakir Khayat, Binyad Maruf Abdulkadir Khaznadar Apr 2026

Formal Characteristics Of Vernacular Architecture In Erbil City And Other Iraqi Cities, Mahmood Ahmed Bakir Khayat, Binyad Maruf Abdulkadir Khaznadar

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

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The Local Features In The Islamic Architecture, Ahmad Abdulwahid Thannoon Apr 2026

The Local Features In The Islamic Architecture, Ahmad Abdulwahid Thannoon

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Islamic architecture has spread in a wide geographical regions, covering many areas and cities with distinct civilizations, Most of these areas and cities imposed their local architectural features on the forms of Islamic buildings in these areas due to the flexibility that characterized the process of composition output of Islamic architecture represented in different functional patterns as mosques, palaces, schools, baths and markets. This paper tries to study in-depth the existence of these local features and its assets in a range of distinct civilized areas covered by Islamic architecture. Reviewing previous studies concerning the research topic revealed the problem of …

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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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