A conceptual Framework for sustainability in Islamic architecture: the significance of the concepts of man and the environment
In this paper, I have identified and briefly examined two Islamic concepts which constitute the nucleus of the conceptual framework for sustainability in Islamic architecture. The two concepts are: 1) man as the vicegerent (khalifah) on earth, and 2) the natural environment as both a field and mean...
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University of Management and Technology
2015
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/52223/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52223/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52223/1/Pakistan%20Article%202016%2001.Islamic%20Architecture.pdf |