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... high density . It is the traditional Arabic settlement pattern31 . The character of a man - made place is to a high extent determined by its degree of " openness " . The solidity or transparency of the boundaries make the space appear ...
... high density . It is the traditional Arabic settlement pattern31 . The character of a man - made place is to a high extent determined by its degree of " openness " . The solidity or transparency of the boundaries make the space appear ...
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... high extent follow the pattern laid out in the Middle Ages . The old thoroughfare between East and West as a backbone , connecting the main foci of the Old and the Small Towns . As the visitor walks along this path , the history of ...
... high extent follow the pattern laid out in the Middle Ages . The old thoroughfare between East and West as a backbone , connecting the main foci of the Old and the Small Towns . As the visitor walks along this path , the history of ...
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... large - scale exception is the desert , whose " cosmic " character in fact depends on the lack of particular directions ... high extent depends on the conditions of light . 35. S. Kostof , The Third Rome . Berkeley 1973 . 36. Designers ...
... large - scale exception is the desert , whose " cosmic " character in fact depends on the lack of particular directions ... high extent depends on the conditions of light . 35. S. Kostof , The Third Rome . Berkeley 1973 . 36. Designers ...
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abstract Alban hills Arabic architec articulation ation axis Baroque basic becomes Bohemia boundary building centre characterized chitecture chthonic church classical architecture classical Orders cluster Colonial Khartoum colour concept concrete Corbusier cosmic create cultural defined desert determined Dientzenhofer domains dwelling earth and sky elements enclosed enclosure environmental existential express fact forces forre function gathering genius loci Giedion Greek Heidegger high extent horizontal houses Hradčany human identification identity implies inside interior Kahn landscape Latium Le Corbusier light Louis Kahn man-made place man's manifest meaningful means ment modern natural environment natural place Nile Norberg-Schulz Nordic Old Town Omdurman orientation particular Peter Parler Piazza plastic point of departure Prague presence properties relationship river Roman architecture Rome sense settlement spatial structure Square streets surface relief symbol temple things Three Towns totality ture Tuti Týn church understanding urban spaces valley vernacular vertical visualize walls whereas