Abeer Elshater (Editor)

Hisham G. Abusaada
Architecture Evermore
Architecture Evermore

Architecture Evermore Hisham G. Abusaada

Architecture Evermore provides an extended definition of Western architecture from the Renaissance era to the
twenty-first century. The quotations of listed architects have been gathered to provide a further definition and
description through paraphrases as well as original composition. This book addresses a variety of thoughts on
architecture as both an art and practicality, form and function, with quotations and comments generally divided
into concepts associated with art, space and time, and cultural bases, among others. The content will be of interest
to anyone addressing architecture, providing topics for further elucidation and discussion.
Hisham G. Abusaada (author) is a professor of architecture at Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC),
Giza City, Egypt.
Abeer Elshater (editor) is an associate professor at Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of
Engineering, Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt.
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The World of Architecture Via the Western Thought an Extended Term

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Beneficent, The Most Merciful

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Acknowledgement

First, I would like to thank God. The author would like to express deep
gratitude to his dearest wife, Abeer Elshater, for her tremendous support
throughout. Furthermore, he would like to appreciate her effort in
designing the book cover, and the photo credit on the cover page is
dedicated to her. The author would like to express gratitude to Prof. Dr
Mohammed Abdel-Baki Ibrahim, the Chairman of the Center for Planning
& Architectural Studies (http://www.cpas-egypt.com/AR/about_ar.htm)
for his generosity through funding the present work. Furthermore, the
author would like to thank Enago (https://www.crimsoni.com/english-
editing.htm) and Grammarly (https://app.grammarly.com/) for the English
language review of some topics in the current work. The author would
genuinely thank the anonymous team in Partridge Africa for their effort in
publishing the present and previous manuscripts.

Hisham G. Abusaada

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Contents

Prologue -------------------------------------------------------------------------xiii
Arguments -------------------------------------------------------------------------1
1. Architecture with Art -------------------------------------------------------------31
I. Architecture is Pure Art -----------------------------------------------------------37
II. Architecture is Art has a Soul------------------------------------------------------45
III. Architecture is Not Pure Art ------------------------------------------------------49
IV. Architecture is Scientific Art ------------------------------------------------------59
2. Architecture and the Built Environment ------------------------------------------------65
V. Architecture is the Built Environment ------------------------------------------------71
VI. Architecture is a Social Structure and Generates Utility ---------------------------------77
VII. Architecture is a Human Experience and Builds an Event -------------------------------81
VIII. Space is the Essence of Architecture ----------------------------------------------85
IX. Architecture Collects Between the Individual Building and City Planning ---------------------93
3. Architecture with Nature -----------------------------------------------------------95
X. Architecture in Relationship with Nature ----------------------------------------------99
XI. Architecture Includes Duality Between Nature and Culture ------------------------------105
4. Architecture Evermore ------------------------------------------------------------109

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5. Epilogue ---------------------------------------------------------------------115
6. Author's Inquiries --------------------------------------------------------------117
7. Vanguard & Pioneers ------------------------------------------------------------119
8. Bibliography ------------------------------------------------------------------125
9. Index (English) -----------------------------------------------------------------129
10. Index (Arabic) -----------------------------------------------------------------135

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 Tables and Figures
Table 1: The sequence of definitions of architecture in a chronological order since the 14th century until today. .................................................... 7

Figure 1: Photos from London, England, 2016. ............................................................................................................................................................ xvi

Figure 2: Photos from Gratz, Austria, 2016. ............................................................................................................................................................... xvii
Figure 3: Photos from Ankara, Turki, 2016. ................................................................................................................................................................ xvii
Figure 4: The paradigm shifts regarding architecture definitions and concepts. ........................................................................................................... 4
Figure 5: The most popular vanguard and pioneers in the architecture discipline throughout history ......................................................................... 5
Figure 6: Popular Vanguard and Pioneers in the architecture discipline ........................................................................................................................ 6
Figure 7: The concepts and descriptions of architecture according to various paradigm shifts................................................................................... 27
Figure 8: Architectures categories which come with: art, the built environment and nature/ culture. ...................................................................... 28
Figure 9: Is architecture being art? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
Figure 10: The four issues for discussion the relationships between architecture and art .......................................................................................... 36
Figure 11: Architecture is among the Fine Art: painting, sculpture, and music. ........................................................................................................... 44
Figure 12: The five issues for discussion the relationships between architecture and the built environment............................................................ 65
Figure 13: The five issues that discussion the relationships between architecture and the built environment. .......................................................... 70
Figure 14: Tow issues are for discussion the relationships between architecture with nature and culture. ............................................................... 95
Figure 15: Tow issues for discussion: the relationships between architecture with nature and cultur........................................................................ 98

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Today, it is no doubt that the term "architecture," alone or accompanied by other This book, as the
conclusion says, extends
vocabularies, expresses a type of architecture in a human settlement regardless of its the term "architecture"
various forms. The term has expanded to include all establishments that are man- from the Renaissance to
the 21st century through
made, starting from an individual building with an interaction between groups of
quotations and
builders, passing through small and large residential gatherings both indoor and definitions, some
outdoor, as well as those that have no particular range. The term "architecture" also metaphorical. It does not
advance an argument as
includes any type of project in the field of housing, urban planning, city design, and such, nor is it a narrative
exterior and interior design; it includes businesses such as administrative, commercial, particularly.
educational, healthcare centres, leisure and recreation, as well as major urban parks
everywhere. It is a term too ubiquitous and accepted, and gives reference to
indicate exceptional art and science regarding the art of cities. It began with a spoon,
dish, and every furniture item, then expanded outside of the home starting with the
guard booth house in the garden, then even to the park itself, all the way to
skyscrapers and super constructs of large scale, and all done with respect to what is
created by human beings on this planet.

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Hisham G. Abusaada
Architecture Evermore

Architecture Evermore
Architecture Evermore Hisham G. Abusaada

Architecture Evermore provides an extended definition of Western architecture from the Renaissance era to the
twenty-first century. The quotations of listed architects have been gathered to provide a further definition and
description through paraphrases as well as original composition. This book addresses a variety of thoughts on
architecture as both an art and practicality, form and function, with quotations and comments generally divided
into concepts associated with art, space and time, and cultural bases, among others. The content will be of interest
to anyone addressing architecture, providing topics for further elucidation and discussion.

Hisham G. Abusaada (author) is a professor of architecture at Housing and Building Research Center (HBRC),
Giza City, Egypt.
Abeer Elshater (editor) is an associate professor at Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of
Engineering, Ain Shams University (ASU), Cairo, Egypt.