Architecture and Planning Journal, APJ, celebrates its 25th volume for years 2018 and 2019 in synchronization with passing 59 years on founding Beirut Arab University. APJ is the academic journal of the Faculty of Architecture Design & Built Environment that hosts articles from different topics of architecture and planning.
All the published articles are peer reviewed by regional and international well recognized referees in their domains or staff members from reputable universities in UK, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Lebanon.
Since 2012, the year of RIBA accreditation, the faculty aims to internationalize the APJ to be spreaded worldwide. In fact, the faculty put a strategic plan to make APJ hosted by one of the high ranked organizations in publishing articles. Therefore, APJ calls all scholars, authors, architects and researchers from all around the world to publish articles in the mentioned topics.
Finally, the team of APJ hopes that this volume becomes a useful source of data and a valuable reference.
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Ibtihal El-Bastawissi Dean, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
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THE IMAGE OF THE HISTORICAL CITY IN THE COURSE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT- TYRE CASE STUDY
Hoda Zeayter and Ashraf Mansour Habib Mansour
THE ROLE OF SIMULATION IN URBAN DESIGN DECISIONS: MICROCLIMATE AND HUMAN COMFORT CONSIDERATIONS IN PLANNING
Ingy El-Darwish, Amany Ragheb, and Ahmed Sherif
A CRITERION FOR MEASURING URBAN INTELLIGENCE
Yasser Fouda and Maged Zagow
A GIS-BASED APPROACH FOR AUDITING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF “NEW BORG ELARAB” CITY, EGYPT
Yasser Fouda and Deena ElKhazendar
ZERO ENERGY UNIVERSITY BUILDINGSENERGY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING IN TRIPOLI'S BRANCH
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IMPROVING THE DESIGN QUALITY OF HOUSING BUILDINGS
Ehab Nasr Elden Ahmed
OPTIMUM WINDBREAKER TO REDUCE WIND TUNNEL EFFECT ON OCCUPANT COMFORT AT PEDESTRIAN LEVEL (A CASE STUDY OF BAU BUILDING IN TRIPOLI)
Dima Khoder Merhy, Nabil Mohareb, and Mostafa R. A. Khalifa
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Ali Sedki and Farah Iaali
EMPLOYING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS TO REVITALIZE THE HISTORIC URBAN QUARTER OF AL-MUIZZ STREET, CAIRO, EGYPT
Baher Ismail Farahat
SAVING THE MEMORIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL HERITAGE CONSERVATION IN EGYPTIAN VILLAGES
Dalia Shebl Said
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF USING PV CURTAIN WALLS IN HOT ARID ENVIRONMENTCASE STUDY; MIXED-USE BUILDING, JEDDAH, KSA
Abdelaziz Farouk A. Mohamed and Ahmed T. Elfakgarany
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING BASED BIOPHILIC DESIGN
Marwa Charkas
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Sima El-Cheikh, Mary Felix, Nabil Mohareb, and Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi
ENHANCING UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION (SCALE 1 TO 1 DESIGN - BUILD METHOD)
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THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACH FOR WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES. A CASE STUDY OF TRIPOLI, LEBANON WATERFRONT
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THE IMPACT OF ATRIUMS ON THERMAL AND DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE
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Fatima Belok, Mostafa Rabea, Mohamad Hanafi, and Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi
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