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Due to the rapid growth and development which occurred during the last century the United Arab Emirates witnessed dramatic changes after oil discovery and the economic boom. This affected the building and construction sector that formed the urban fabric of the country. The four …

Unlike other Arabian Gulf cities that went through a modernization processes in the 1970s, Kuwait City, Kuwait, went through a drastic transformation in the early 1950s. The 1952 Master Plan drastically changed the urban fabric of Kuwait City. By the mid-1960s Kuwait City was al…

The present thesis is primarily motivated by the will to provide help for decisionmaking on the overall layout of a house or a housing development in the very early stages of design from the point of view of energy efficiency and thermal comfort. This study contributes towards a…