Open House International: Volume 40 Issue 3

Editorial: Obituary

Nicholas Wilkinson

This is an ‘open’ issue but with a very special message in it. More than a week ago now Arch. Catalina Gandelsonas died of cancer. This sad news was relayed to me via Prof. Pat…

Urban Design Build: The Frederick Douglass Peace Park - Community-Based Learning Through Making

Anna Grichting, Kyle Sturgeon

By way of its uniquely concurrent practice + academic learning model, the Boston Architectural College (BAC) has begun a thriving tradition of community engagement through design…

Architecture is not Technology:- The Space of Differentiation in Architectural Education

Michael Karassowitsch

An unspoken issue of increasing priority in architectural education is the under developed differentiation between architecture and technology. Almost all of the qualifications…

Enclosed Balconies: Complicity Between Builders and Users of Taipei Walkups

Jin-Ann Lin

The balcony, an integral element in modernist housing, can be found in almost every Taipei apartment building. Even so, in Taipei most balconies have been enclosed by users of all…

Integrating Green Building Approaches to Interior Architecture Education: A Cross-Cultural Study

Şule Taşlı Pektaş, N. Şule Aybar, N. Yaprak Savut, Hunt McKinnon

The success of the efforts for green building depends largely on integrating such approaches with building design education. However, most of the existing studies on green…

Study on High Comfort and Low Energy Consumption Community Design in China

WU Jinxiu, Zhang Meiying, Zhao Lin

High comfort and low energy consumption communities have become an important topic for community planning & design in China. Considering the special situation in China, the…

A Bibliometric Analysis on Urbanization Research From 1984 to 2013

Bo Pu, Yanjun Qiu

We performed a bibiometric analysis on urbanization research based on the 3,058 peer-reviewed articles in the SCI and SSCI database from 1984 to 2013. Our analysis revealed…

Low-Rise, High-Density Housing, as a Way of Sustainability in Hungary

Katalin K. Theisler

The paper discusses the position of low rise, high density housing in Hungary on a theoretical level, from the conceptional point of view. The purpose is that the dissemination…

A Contemporary Connection to Historic Buildings Through Transparency and Reusability

Meltem Zehra Nevzat, Cemil Atakara

From the 19th century onwards, glass has been used intensively in buildings. During the design process, the importance of aesthetics is very common for architects in general. The…

Energy Efficiency Perceptions in Residential Buildings

Achim Andreas Haid, Ali Öztüren

This study aims to understand the house owners' energy concerns. An exploratory inductive research design has been chosen to explore the perceptions of households towards the…

Meaningful Sequences of Activities in Qashqai Dwellings

Mohsen Afshari, Henny Coolen

Sequences of activities in people’s living environments have observable features that depend on subjective and meaningful aspects in their culture and lifestyle. Spatial and…

Ethics and Conscience: An Integral Part of Architectural Design Education

Ipek Yürekli

The concepts of ethics and conscience are integral elements of architectural design education. Conscience as a guide to the ethical behavior is seen as one of the instincts which…

Evaluation of Leed “Innovation in Design Process” and “Location & Linkages” Case Study: Diyarbakir Turkey

Gökçe Tuna Taygun, Polat Darçın, S. Müjdem Vural

The paper focuses on the LEED rating system of Diyarbakır Houses to an assessment with respect to “Innovation in Design Process and Location & Linkages”, assuming to conduct a…