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The dissertation focuses on a small community of Armenian silk merchants from New Julfa, Isfahan who had established a global network of commercial settlements, spanning from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. It examines many issues, including the impact of long dista…

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…

The acoustical environments in Iranian architecture have been rarely studied as a contributing factor to forming their cultural identity. This research is intended to investigate the acoustical properties of some of the significant work of architecture that has remained from the…

The history of the ancient Persian province of Isfahan and the city of the same name on the Iranian Plateau, prior to the 11th -12 th centuries, have received little scholarly attention. The present dissertation offers an account of certain aspects of the history of Isfahan, dur…