Indigenous buildings' use as museums: Evaluation of day-lit spaces with the Dreesheh double panel window

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-124

  Al Sallal, Khaled A ^a   Bin Dalmouk, Maitha M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Daylight; Indigenous buildings; Museum; UAE; Windows

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959873550     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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