Open House International: Volume 49 Issue 2

Urban residents' attitudes towards the impact of public spaces on urban life quality: the case of Adana

Muge Unal Cilek, Mehmet Faruk Altunkasa, Cengiz Uslu

Public spaces, which offer opportunities for social, cultural and recreational activities, enhance urban life quality (ULQ). Thus, this study aims to investigate the impact of…

Assessing streetscape development effects on walking and cycling in historic contexts: the case study of Afrang district, Port Said, Egypt

Tamer ElSerafi

Urban mobility has substantially evolved in several western countries, shifting from interest in road expansion strategies to cater motorized movement to the emphasis on…

City identity and singularity: people's preferences about development projects in Cairo

Omnia Ashraf Badawy, Marwa A. Khalifa, Abeer Elshater

The purpose of this article is to revisit the concepts of city singularity and identity, as well as the concept’s related topics (i.e. place identity, place attachment and place…

Salient/silent actors of Ankara's housing and the vocational network in the turmoil of transformation (1923–1928)

Deniz Avci Hosanli

Despite the quantity of collaborations, the vocational network of the housing production in Ankara during its first five years (1923–1928) remains dispersed. The aim of this study…

Socially sustainable smart cities: mapping the research trends by co-word analysis

Samia Ebrahiem, Ahmed O. El-Kholei, Ghada Yassein

The article attempts to shed light on the social aspects of research that deal with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and sustainable cities. The aim is to offer a global view…

Incentive mechanism for promoting the uptake of green building in South Africa

Eric Kwame Simpeh, John Julian Smallwood

The green building (GB) market is maturing after years of practice; therefore, incentives for promoting GB should be adapted to reflect the market transformation. Adapting…

Research on the construction history and architectural characteristics of the Bugok Railway Official Residences in Sam-dong, South Korea

Myengsoo Seo

This study traced the architectural, urban and social characteristics of the Bugok Railway Official Residences (BRORs) in South Korea. It also explored the modern elements of…

Finding post-colonial identity through vernacular and climate responsive adaptations: the architecture of Bangladesh from 1947 to 1971

Iftekhar Ahmed, Tanjina Khan

Fresh out of the two-century-old British legacy, Bangladesh, formerly known as East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, was searching for a post-colonial architectural style. Colonial…

Contextualized computations: a multi-objective optimization approach for designing contextually responsive building envelopes

Mostafa Alani, Akel Kahera

This study explores the potential of computational design processes in creating contextually responsive envelopes for high-rise residential buildings in the Middle East. This…