Climate, culture, and religion: Aspects of the traditional courtyard house in Iran

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-198

  Memarian, Gholamhossein ^a,b   Brown, Frank Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY;

RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CLIMATE EFFECT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HOUSING; RELIGION;

IRAN;

EID: 0242659046     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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