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Ibn Khaldun and the city : a study of the physical formation of medieval Cairo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
This essay is an application of Ibn Khaldun's theories of culture and civilization to a study of the physical formation of medieval Cairo . The study is based on the premise that the city is an historical process governed ...
.... but what is good urban form?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)
The architectural implications of passive solar cooling systems in hot-arid climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
Residential architectural design should fulfill both the comfort and the social requirements of the occupants. Khartoum, the capital of the Sudan was chosen for this study because of two reasons; The first is its unusually ...
Rudolph M. Schindler : theory and design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
The work of Rudolph M. Schindler has been subject to criticism, disregard and misunderstanding. Attempts have been made to characterize Schindler as a cubist architect, a constructivist architect, an expressionist architect, ...
Real estate developers and child care centers : loss leader or competitive tool?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
A graphical query language supporting flexible database access
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988)
GRAF-ASQ (GRaphical And Fully Accessible Structure-based Queries) is a graphical query language designed to provide flexible, wide access to data via the use of n-tuples and Prolog concepts. It is also designed to provide ...
Perspectives on the revitalization of a downtown mall in Charlottesville, Virginia
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
Hairy brushes in computer-generated images
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986)
Retrieving the past : an analysis of the purposes of architectural preservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
Development plan for the air rights at South Station transportation center
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)