From post office to public communication points: A study on the spatial transformation of public buildings due to decreasing functionality with regard to recent developments in information technology

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-180

  Esin, Simge ^a   Ozcan, Oguzhan ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL STRATEGY; PUBLIC SPACE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77955566661     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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