Published Papers

Browse our selection of published papers.

AGEING ASSETS: A shared responsibility 

Cities will become the resource-efficient epicentres of our world. However, achieving this goal will require foresight and effective coordination between planners, designers, developers and implementers of projects across a city. In the property and buildings sector where industry players often work in silos, who do you turn to decide how to shape progress? Where can best investment value be derived? How can industry coordinate to offer better outcomes for investors and city citizens? 

This paper is an investigation into the drivers and interests of players in the property and buildings supply chain, and reveals a capacity for industry to share the responsibility of reducing resource use during the asset development, renewal and management cycle. Read More

CITY BRANDING: The source and outcomes of architectural form

Presented at First International Congress "Architectural Design. Teaching and Research" BARI, 3 – 7 May 2011 by Brendan Texeira (B.Arch Assoc A.I.A) and Arindam Bose (M.Arch Assoc A.I.A)

This paper presents the evolution of a young city Doha Qatar through its relatively small city size, dynamics of population mix and requirements and demands of regional clientele. It explains the transformation of the city over the last ten years from a desert oasis to a skyline that has been termed as achieving "The Manhattan Effect" and also illustrates several local projects directing us as architects towards a sustainable evolutionary growth. Read More

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