Writing; creation or reproduction?

Before diving into analyzing writing; creation or reproduction, it’s important to characterize and understand the writer’s population in the world. According to studentscholerships.org there are 281,300 thousand authors, writers and editor’s. Statista illustrates progress in the amount of writers in USA between the years 2011–2020 (figure 1).The amount of writers in America jumped to 44,240 writers and authors. The ICEF […]

High-density sustainability & Livability-The Hong Kong Case

The author researches the correlation between high-density sustainability & livability in Hong Kong city. He divided the paper into parts; the first part of the article reviews international surveys on sustainability and livability. Investigating the strengths and challenges facing the high density development in Hong Kong. The second part analyzes a group of buildings designed […]

A book five star rating system

The first book I read was in 1988 “the animal farm” by George Orwell. To tell you frankly I did not enjoy it much because I was rushing for every couple of statement to oxford dictionary to find an explanation for a certain word. Though the book is writing in moderate English level but still my […]

A typology of Urban Design theories

The author divided the article into two parts. The first is the proposed typology of studying urban design theories based on three dimensions – subject , object ,  knowledge of urban design  – to distinguish the schools that originated these dimensions . Second, applying this typology on the shared body of knowledge from studying various […]

6 Effective steps to write a book review

Traditional book review procedures Book review is intended to help friends or others to distinguish if the book is worth buying and reading; the book should comprise the reader’s desire in terms of required and reliable content. The book market is full of books teaching students and others how to write an appropriate book review. […]

Art of shaping the metropolis: A metropolitan planning model

Author Pedro B. Ortiz Publisher McGraw-Hill Education language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 9780071817967 Pages 224 Art of shaping the metropolis book author is a visiting professor at Milan polytechnic where he teaches metropolitan management in the department of architecture and urban studies. A founder of IRU Madrid an urban planning consulting firm, and founder […]

Public participation in architecture: the political agenda

Public participation in architecture : Definition  Tool Villas & Homes Public buildings & private buildings Landscape architecture development landscape and urban space urban design projects Political agenda References Public participation was coined with the introduction of the American ladder of Arnstein in 1969 which explains the level of public participation in political governmental work. Before […]

The Structure Of Scientific Theories- Book review

Author Frederick Suppe Publisher Illinois university Press language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-10 0252006348 Pages 818 The structure of scientific theories, theory interpretation & criticism book review content The author What is a theory? The structure of scientific theory Knowledge obtained from reading this book about scientific theories             Detail             Interpretation             Discipline             […]

The Urban Process: cities in industrial societies

Author Leonard Reissman Publisher Free Press language English Book Type Paperback ISBN-13 9780029263006 Pages 238 The urban process author, Leonard Reissman (1921-1975), was a professor of sociology and human relations at Tulane University from 1967. A director of Tulane urban studies center and receipt of several professional awards and honors like the fellow, center of […]

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: the project

Architects / 12 site supervision steps: The project is the sixth article of a series of articles 5,4,3,2  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 […]