ISVS e-journal: Vol. 13, Issue 04, July, 2026
Cover Page and Contents
Editorial
Dr. Ranjith Dayaratne
Reinterpreting Vernacular Shading in Contemporary Architecture: Mashrabiya Screens and Courtyard Strategies in Bahrain
Malak Jassim Alaiwi
Memory and Neuroscience: How Traditional Bahraini Houses Preserve Meaning, Memory, and Emotional Attachment
Fatima Hamza Jaffer
Emerging Cultures in Art: Mapping the Shift of Creative Art Studio to an Experimental Bio Art Studio as a Science Laboratory
Omar Mustafa Abbas & Mohammad Glubb Al-Kinani
Interpreting Architectural History through Mud-brick Modularity and Construction Materials: Spatial Organization in Muzaffarid Domestic Architecture of Yazd, Iran
Bardia Hajirasouliha & Eisa Esfanjary Kenarib
Towards Regeneration of Heritage Buildings: A Building Condition Assessment of Decay and Durability of the Colonial Mercantile Warehouses on the Waterfront of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Raymond Iheanyichukwu Mbata & Gabriel Warebi Brisibe
Impact of Traditional and Contemporary Architecture on Social Interactions and Cultural Identity in Bahrain: The Case of Muharraq and Manama
Maryam Sayed Jawad Darwish Alsharkhat
Adaptive Reuse of Traditional Himalayan Houses: Expansions and Transformation of the Dwellings into Sustainable Homestays
Khushi Kakkad & Shweta Suhane
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Asian School of Knowledge has launched a new conference titled "Asian International Conference on Design Research" first of which will be held in Sri Lanka from 22-23 August in Colombo. The theme is 'Understanding the Nexus between Design and Research," with sub themes "reserach for design," 'research about design," and "reserach by design." This is a ground breaking new area of research, although most of you are already involved in doing them without being fully aware of how they produce new Knowledge. Some of the activities you are engaged in the design studios can thus be transferred into reserach papers, presented and published, as new knowledge. 22nd will be Online and 23 will be in-person. if you wish to join from where you are for the online session, please let us know. Please visit archi-texts.com for details, or write to ranjith.dayaratne@gmail.com