The 7 best books for urban planning

Urban planning books are essential for planners in practice. Especially when its focuses-on practice matters. I present these books here with some of them detailed review for the benefit of urban planners. A reader in planning theory The first book on the list comes A Reader in Planning Theory. The book combines the main subjects […]

3 Key stages of preparing professional architectural drawings

Professional architectural drawings is an article that defines its 3 key stages. The essential steps of preparing them by an architect and seniors. Also, it’s importance for architectural practice daily work. Table of Contents Background – professional architectural drawings Accuracy 1-Drawings origin 2-Drawings units 3-Drawings layers Data – drawing information 1-Architectural elements 2-Non – architectural […]

Scenario- Based Strategic Planning the key six steps

Scenario-based strategic planning is an article that analyzes and summarizes this approach, which many relevant individuals have attempted to build an approach for use in research and also in Urban Planning practice. Table of Content Introduction The Approach Definition of scope Perception Analysis Trend and Uncertainty Analysis Scenario Building Strategy Definition           Monitoring Introduction Many […]

Scenario Planning Analysis: The French and American Context

Scenario planning analysis is an article that analyzes two urban development projects in two countries. That leads to the differences in the way planning is done. Table of Content What is Scenario planning? Scenario planning in France and USA projects: Background The Scenario Planning Analysis           What is the problem?           The Goal of the […]

Urbanism: urban fabric or urban form sustainability?

Urbanism: urban fabric or urban form sustainability? Is the third article of a series1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17. Articles assessing the dialectic of architecture and urban design in the urbanism field? I will go through this relationship from the top scale of urbanism in the city to the smallest scale of urbanism components of urban space. Table of Contents […]

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: Why supervision?

Architects / 12 site supervision steps Why supervision? This is the second article of a series 1 of articles to share and illustrate years of the author’s architectural experience in the supervision field.  The experience in supervision of various types of projects and functions, like industrial, residential, commercial, recreational, entertainment, and even military projects. Projects […]

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: the consultant

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: The consultant is the third article of a series of articles 2 to share and illustrate years of the author’s architectural experience in the supervision field.  The experience in supervision of various types of projects and functions, like industrial, residential, commercial, recreational, entertainment, and even military projects. Projects I […]

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: team building

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: team building is the fourth article of a series 3,2 of articles to share and illustrate years of the author’s architectural experience in the supervision field. The experience in supervision of various types of projects and functions, like industrial, residential, commercial, recreational, entertainment, and even military projects. Projects I worked […]