Lamiaa Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed Shehata  <br/><br/>
Contemporary Courtyard Houses in Egypt /  
 البيوت ذات الأفنية المعاصرة في مصر 
Lamiaa Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed Shehata ; Supervised Hisham Sherif Gabr 
 - Cairo :   Lamiaa Mohamed Mahmoud Ahmed Shehata  ,   2013 
 - 292 P. , (3) folded Laeves of Plates :   charts , facsimiles ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering- Department of Architectural Engineering   
<br/><br/> Contemporary courtyard houses are one of the unique dwelling types in Egypt particularly, and in the world generally. Despite some people's recognition of the courtyard house's social and environmental values, courtyard houses have a dramatically declining position in the housing arena. Therefore, understanding the factors that influence design courtyard houses nowadays is substantial to obtain lessons regarding the future of housing design and the reintegration of the courtyard house values in people's lives 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Courtyard House Design  Values, Design