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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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The Transformation Within The Urban Structure, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Venus S.A. Zangana Apr 2026

The Transformation Within The Urban Structure, Wahda Shuker Al-Hinkawi, Venus S.A. Zangana

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Urban transformation is one of the most dynamic properties for the city and its growth. The type of the functional and structural transformation assigns the approaches of thought of it inhabitants, if the transformation was natural, while it indicates serial of political and economical dissentions if it was a compulsory transformation. The research affirmed upon studying the global transformation within the urban structure at the level of (part) and the level of (whole). Literatures review was made on research that dealt with concept of transformation in general and the transformation within the urban structure in particular. The research problem was …

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Reduction Cooling Load Using Intelligent Envelope System, Wael A.Al-Auqeily, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Reduction Cooling Load Using Intelligent Envelope System, Wael A.Al-Auqeily, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The nature of Iraqi climate which represents longevity the hot summer seasons, made almost the buildings depend on mechanical services to remove the cooling loads and ensure a suitable conditions of human activity within it. Therefore and for the importance of topic many architecture researches in Iraq focused on searching practical solutions that could reduce the consumption in buildings through controlling the climate effect on these buildings, by following different strategies for cooling. The research has focused on active cooling strategies which contribute on a larger part to the reduction of the cooling load in the buildings through its providing …

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Concepts In The Products Of Students In The Iraqi Architectural Schools, Parizat Q. Hussein Fehmi Fehmi Apr 2026

Concepts In The Products Of Students In The Iraqi Architectural Schools, Parizat Q. Hussein Fehmi Fehmi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Concepts are considered as an important part in the architectural design process and play a major role in achieving new and distinctive products. They are the life giving of architecture and represent a means to understanding the essence of the project. Forming concept is no easy way; it requires intensive and creative efforts. From reading previous studies on concepts and realizing their importance, and the problems that block skill development in conceptualizing for designers including architectural students, one easily realizes the lack in knowledge in the nature of concepts which is seen in the products of students in the Iraqi …

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Thermal Simulation Of Custom Designed House To Test Application Of New Cooling Methods, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa, Yahya A. Ebraheem, Nagham Ahmed Al-Qaysi Apr 2026

Thermal Simulation Of Custom Designed House To Test Application Of New Cooling Methods, Sahar Najeeb Karrufa, Yahya A. Ebraheem, Nagham Ahmed Al-Qaysi

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

A traditional Iraqi house used to be compatible with climate and allows the users to live in a genealogically comfortable way in winter and summer. And because of the evolution of technology and contemporary housing demands, this kind of housing became inappropriate that led to the appearance of a new Iraqi house design which offers overall comfortable living but it cause a terrible loss of power for heating and cooling. Several new methods have been tested in the University of Technology in Baghdad to cool the building interior through cooling the structural envelope. The tests have been done on a …

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Problematic Of Reception At The Designer & (Receiver) In Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

Problematic Of Reception At The Designer & (Receiver) In Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The architectural designers bear certain qualities in the nature of their work which leads them a head in older to seek novelty, and as a man (human behavior) has aims which can be related to environment and society. The designers experience all those aims through fixed natural requirements, which can make him completely free in his invention. The relationship between designer and targets in the environment &society provides the flexibility needed in the design process The search assumes that the mind of the designer through his level of knowledge (architectural) and the elements of style, mode, etc. provide many directives …

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Authority In Architecture And Architectural Criticism, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Suha Haddan Aldahwia Apr 2026

Authority In Architecture And Architectural Criticism, Sanaa Sati Abbas, Suha Haddan Aldahwia

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Many of criticism studies have focused on the concept of authority . These studies vary in their intentions, about the type of authority , according to their theoretical criticism directions. Also they varied in their disciplines, from the attention to the author, to complete care to the text; eventually they transferred to the reader in the last decade of the twentieth century .The research problem was "There is no comprehensive image about the concept of authority in Architecture and specially in Academic architectural criticism". This study aims to define the specialty of authority in architecture and architectural criticism .The research …

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The Impact Of The Designer In The Architectural Outcomearchitectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif Apr 2026

The Impact Of The Designer In The Architectural Outcomearchitectural Education Projects, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

A theory was subjected ;as an attempt to study the architectural circulation as an education media; That, the impact of the projects in the circulate , where , these projects were designed as to improve the intellectual abilities of the students , different from traditional approach ; produced results in a kind of architecture which alien to the goals. The intention of such intel-lectual circulation meant to develop the aesthetic values of the student within the teaching medium. Teachers attempt to look for teaching medias that can be related to Society, Education, Histo-ry, as main ingredients in their teaching, in …

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Principle Of Correspondency In Context Of Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rafid Abd Alatif Apr 2026

Principle Of Correspondency In Context Of Architecture, Ibrahim Jawad Kadhim Al-Yousif, Rafid Abd Alatif

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The research concentrates on Communication which forms one of the main criteria in the design process, Particular attention is given to the user rather than the designer "Architect”;The architectural output process can be represented in two poles; the first, the individual element as designer ,while the other pole, represents the social output as thinker user. But the design process occurs in a much wider range than the two poles. And involved the context that achieved the output. It appears more than one context determined the relationship between parties in the process of design as a designer context, user context, and …

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The Effect Of The Outside Design Elements In Daylight Levels Impact On Windows, Younis Saleem Apr 2026

The Effect Of The Outside Design Elements In Daylight Levels Impact On Windows, Younis Saleem

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The architects recognize the role of environmental elements (specially the daylight) in reach to successful design achieving better user's performance. The daylight goes to the essence of architectural work by helping to inspire the spaces with their shapes, colors, touches and surfaces. The aim of this research is to determine the fundamental step in daylight design, by measuring the daylight impact on windows. This light is the main source in lighting interior space after it's through the glass panel of window and diffuse in space. So, it's possible to increase interior light level by controlling the external daylight impact on …

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Night Lighting In Architecture, Rana Mazin Apr 2026

Night Lighting In Architecture, Rana Mazin

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

Lighting Consider one of the most important subject which is still a productive field for researches and architectural studies, which provides by it's two types (Natural and artificial) and different field which studied throw it's important results participate in supporting architectural movement continuously. Resent studies have show very important sides from lighting caricaturized by night lighting and its rules in adding effective steps for the projects. The beauty of the night seen connected enhance the feelings of place be longing. Good night lighting considered on of the most important criteria which connected to the achievement of architectural identity, so the …

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Spatial Configuration Characteristics Of Religious Buildingsa Comparative Study Of Cult Buildings In Selected Civilizations, Ali Haidar Aljameel Apr 2026

Spatial Configuration Characteristics Of Religious Buildingsa Comparative Study Of Cult Buildings In Selected Civilizations, Ali Haidar Aljameel

Iraqi Journal of Architecture and Planning

The relation between cult and space in religious buildings was considered as an important issue in different previous studies, which had confırmed, explicitly and implicitly, the role of cult ceremonies in the formulation of religious architecture, especially cult buildings. Cult ceremonies usually define the activities of the social system occupying religious buildings, and those activities find their reflection in the nature of the spaces of those buildings and what is widely known as (Spatial Configuration). This research is a comparative study aiming to define the nature of variation between Islamic mosques, ancient Egyptian and Iraqi temples in terms of spatial …

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