"Architects produce diagrams, not buildings but diagrams that are wholly immanent, wholly embedded and co-extensive with the materials configurations and forms of buildings" Braham, W. [2000] P 09. A work of architecture ...

Structuring and identifying the environment and orientating him self with it is ofvital importance to human existence. The unique identity of spaces, facilitates this process of orientation and provides for this human need ...

architecture has been considered as inclusive of all forms of building. Although there is no sharp break between what is in the fullest sense architecture and what is not, there is a broad differentiation between architecture ...

Vasthushashtra is an ancient science in architecture. But it has been largely rejected due to social changes, in favor of other new principles in architecture. Lack of land facilities and the increasing population is another ...

Architecture is believed to have such profound effect on the human being on place, on human consciousness and ultimately on the world. It is no great secret that it could make place of heaven, which is life filled and where ...

"Perception is dependent on our own conceptions. We perceive the sum of our own experiences. "Feelings" come to dominate perception. No perception is in reality completely free from an emotional content ....” Christian ...

Architecture is not just a heap of buildings which simply lie in space. It plays many vital roles in this world. Among those, communication is the most significant function that architecture performs, because communication ...

As a result of the influence of modern commercialization, Architecture of new buildings reflect their immediate purpose without conserving the civic orders and social hierarchies of the existing built fabric. Architecture ...

The consideration and necessary attention towards natural forces (climatology) has been overshadowed by market forces in cities like Colombo. In addition to that most of the International cities have built forms with ...

Timber could be defined as the conversion of prepared wood. Wood is obtained from the trunks and larger branches of the tree by forming it to various shapes and sizes. Timber has been one of the most popular building ...