Browsing by Author "Megahed, Yasser"

Has Mosque Design Really Developed? Notes on the Hidden Complexities of Mosques’ Architectural Brief

Mosques have become a rich pool for architects to show their skills in expressing the sacred in the Islamic culture and religion. Still, while the architectural outcomes of mosques have started to look radically different; ...

On research by design

Megahed, Yasser (Article)

Early issues of arq in the mid-1990s were preoccupied with the possibilities for researching architecture through design: how design research might be constituted and communicated, and – practically for architecture schools ...

On value conflicts: negotiating difference in the renovation of historic buildings

Connolly, K.; Megahed, Yasser; Sharr, Adam (Conference)

This paper examines the “value conflicts” played out between multiple participants involved in the restoration of Newcastle University’s Armstrong Building. Constructed between 1887 and 1906, the Armstrong Building has ...

Practiceopolis: From an Imaginary City to a Graphic Novel

Megahed, Yasser; Sharr, Adam (Article)

This essay is about a graphic novel produced as the culmination of a creative practice research project. It dramatizes real-life exchanges from project management meetings held during the conduct a live architectural project ...

Practiceopolis: Journeys through the contemporary architectural profession

Megahed, Yasser; Sharr, Adam; Farmer, Graham (Article)

The contemporary architectural profession is dominated by a technical-rational culture of practice. The term refers to commercially-driven practices that are often associated with the production of buildings by or for ...

Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession

Megahed, Yasser (Book)

With the increasing specialisation in the process of contemporary building production, the value and the role of architects have come into question in construction discourse. From literature about architects losing leadership ...