Archnet-IJAR: Volume 17 Issue 2

Managerial representations of achieving a competitive advantage in architectural practices: a UK perspective

John Bruen, John P. Spillane, Jim Bradley, Tara Brooks

This study aims to uncover managerial representations of achieving competitive advantage in architectural practices operating within the United Kingdom (UK).

A talent management based framework for developing sustainable quality of work life in architectural design firms in Egypt

Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Marwa Naguib Elwazer

This research aims to develop a talent management (TM) based framework to achieve a sustainable quality of work life (QWL) in architectural design firms (ADFs) in Egypt.

“You must go here”: architecture, yelp and the tourist gaze

Georgia Lindsay, Mark Sawyer

The Tourist Gaze has been debated, reimagined and applied to a variety of actors and settings. This paper helps investigate how contemporary architecture operates as subject and…

Intelligibility and cellularity in the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier: examining Rowe's observations

Michael J. Dawes, Ju Hyun Lee, Michael J. Ostwald

In the 1947 article, The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa, Colin Rowe famously compared the spatial and geometric properties of buildings by two architects: Palladio and Le…

A relational model of university's identity and architectural design pre- and post-pandemic

Dalia A. Beheiry, Zeinab Shafik, Dalia Aboubakr

The present research aims to explore the relationship between the university's new identity and its architectural design, and to investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on…

A century of Jordanian architecture: narrating the development of the nation

Janset Shawash, Noor Marji, Narmeen Marji

As the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan celebrates its first centenary, this paper presents a critical reading of the development of architecture in the Kingdom reflecting the…

Using post-occupancy evaluation as a methodological approach to assess residential hostels in CFTI

Meenal Kumar, Smita Khan

Environmental behavior research has shown that environmental characteristics may have a big impact on people's behavior. This paper is part of a doctoral dissertation on…

Opportunities and challenges for service-learning experiences in informal urban settlements

Natalia Garcia Cervantes, Karen Hinojosa Hinojosa

The purpose of this article is the discussion of a service-learning experience in architecture pedagogy, based on two core courses at a private university in Mexico. The aim is to…

The impact of architectural design studio education on perceptions of sustainability

Ayca Nilufer Calikusu, Aysem Berrin Cakmakli, Ipek Gursel Dino

Since architectural design studio education has critical importance on the students' knowledge, skills, and awareness of sustainability, this study presents a point of view about…

Transformational contribution of technology to studio culture: experience of an online first-year architecture design studio during the COVID-19 pandemic

Badiossadat Hassanpour

Design studios experienced an unprecedented contribution of technology when it came to organizing studios online, as imposed by COVID-19, which requires exploration of its impacts…

Book review

Abeer Allahham