When reducing the cost of residential buildings, decreasing operational costs along with the construction costs will prove beneficial not only for the owner and/or user of the residence but also for national economy. In ...

Affordable housing policies in Turkey have reached a new stage over the last decade in the context of the TOKI model advocated by the government. Housing developed by TOKI (the Public Housing Administration), the top ...

During the last 3 decades, the coastal areas of Thrace sub-region have become a favourite summer resort for the inhabitants of Istanbul who are in need of running away from the metropolis jam and in aspiration of holiday ...

Retail activity and retail spaces have changed drastically across Turkey since the opening of first shopping mall in 1988. The boom of personal mobility (that is, the car) and the convenience of shopping at out-of-town ...

This paper explains a method developed to assess environmental performance achieved by rehabilitation of residential buildings in Turkey. Several measures focussing on a reduction in the heating demand were investigated ...

19. yüzyılın 2. yarısından günümüze dek, ülkenin siyasal, toplumsal ve ekonomik grafiğine oldukça paralel bir gidişat izleyen reklam endüstrisi, Türkiye’de kültür ekonomisini döndüren temel çarklardan biri haline ...

There are many factors that influence designers in the architectural design process. Cognitive style, which varies according to the cognitive structure of persons, and spatial experience, which is created with spatial data ...

Leadership can be defined simply as collecting a group of people around definite objectives and having the ability of their achieving these objectives. In architectural offices, as all groups, design group also needs a ...

Today, with the rapid depletion of fossil energy sources and the increasing environmental problems caused by fossil fuels, supervision and management of energy consumption becomes more important. Looking at the breakdown ...