TY - BOOK AU - Sherif Hussein Ahmed AU - Aly Hatem Gabr , TI - Concept of space between East and West : : A historical multidisciplinary study of meanings and spatial ideals shaping sacred space / PY - 2016/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sherif Hussein Ahmed , KW - Architectural space KW - History of architecture KW - Paradigm N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Our understanding of the world depends on spatial conception which depends largely on culture. Therefore, each culture has its own view of space, and reflect it in its art and architecture. This study aims to explore the relation between conceptual meaning of space, and the built space in historical architecture of major religions, and stating the 'spatial ideals' of each. A theoretical framework is applied into historical analysis of religious buildings - in Western, Islamic, and Asian architecture- using a set of spatial properties ER -