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Australian Islamic Centre: Glenn Murcutt’s ‘Magnum opus’ (2017)
Journal Article

A review of Murcutt's Melbourne Mosque in the context of his practice output

Building Information Modelling, Building Performance, Design and Smart Construction (2017)
Book

The application and barriers of BIM in sustainable building design (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and rank the benefits and barriers (technological and non-technological) of using Building Information Modelling (BIM) in sustainable building design. It also employs the use of a design tool analysis... Read More about The application and barriers of BIM in sustainable building design.

Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say? (2016)
Journal Article

Of all industrial sectors, the built environment puts the most pressure on the natural environment, and in spite of significant efforts the International Energy Agency suggests that buildings-related emissions are on track to double by 2050. Whilst o... Read More about Embodied carbon mitigation and reduction in the built environment – What does the evidence say?.

Beyond food provision: Understanding community growing in the context of food poverty (2016)
Journal Article

The use of state-of-the-art transport models by policymakers – beauty in simplicity? (2016)
Journal Article

Abstract: Transport demand models have a long history of being a major tool in transport policy making. However, whether they are truly used in decision-making processes, and if so, whether the knowledge they provide is actually understood, is questi... Read More about The use of state-of-the-art transport models by policymakers – beauty in simplicity?.

Micromorphology of the lower Pleistocene loess in the Iranian Loess Plateau and its paleoclimatic implications (2016)
Journal Article

The loess deposits in Iran are a valuable archive of regional paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental information. Extensive sedimentological and chronological studies have been carried out on the middle to upper Pleistocene loess successions during the... Read More about Micromorphology of the lower Pleistocene loess in the Iranian Loess Plateau and its paleoclimatic implications.

Grain-size distribution of Pleistocene loess deposits in northern Iran and its palaeoclimatic implications (2016)
Journal Article

The loess deposits in northern Iran are located in a key region connected to the European and central Asian loess belts. However, the lack of previous detailed sedimentological and palaeoclimatic studies of the Pleistocene loess in the region limits... Read More about Grain-size distribution of Pleistocene loess deposits in northern Iran and its palaeoclimatic implications.

Early Pleistocene climate in western arid central Asia inferred from loess-palaeosol sequences (2016)
Journal Article

Arid central Asia (ACA) is one of the most arid regions in the mid-latitudes and one of the main potential dust sources for the northern hemisphere. The lack of in situ early Pleistocene loess/dust records from ACA hinders our comprehensive understan... Read More about Early Pleistocene climate in western arid central Asia inferred from loess-palaeosol sequences.

Pathways to low carbon building: Reflection on the special issue (2015)
Journal Article

In 2014, this journal invited me to edit a special issue on low carbon building. We put out a call for papers that offered new perspectives, crossing boundaries between technical and social research approaches. The six papers selected and published h... Read More about Pathways to low carbon building: Reflection on the special issue.

Investigating the social value of the Ripon rivers flood alleviation scheme (2015)
Journal Article

This paper argues for an approach to flood alleviation design that considers the need not only for technical knowledge, but also a social perspective. It is predicted that more intense rainfall and rising sea levels will result in a greater number of... Read More about Investigating the social value of the Ripon rivers flood alleviation scheme.

On-making (2015)
Journal Article

Article on architectural making

Financing energy efficiency measures in buildings – A new method of appraisal (2015)
Journal Article

Our current generation strives to provide the next crucial stepping stone towards sustainable buildings, delivering energy efficiency measures without compromise in ways which are financially viable. Selecting and implementing simple energy efficienc... Read More about Financing energy efficiency measures in buildings – A new method of appraisal.

Are wider economic impacts of transport infrastructures always beneficial? Impacts of the Istanbul Metro on the generation of spatio-economic inequalities (2015)
Journal Article

Assessment of the Wider Economic Impacts (WEIs) of transport infrastructures has become crucial for justifying transport infrastructure investments, especially large-scale projects, not only for transport researchers but also for policy makers. Altho... Read More about Are wider economic impacts of transport infrastructures always beneficial? Impacts of the Istanbul Metro on the generation of spatio-economic inequalities.

The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The project for the new Houses of Parliament in London was commissioned at the beginning of the 19th century, when the boom in science allowed new technologies and associated social groups to be involved in many established industries, forcing a para... Read More about The architecture of the not-quite-well tempered environment.

Policies and outcomes for UK sustainable schools (2015)
Journal Article

The 1997-2010 UK government's priorities for education and improved social equality led to the development of two major school building programmes: the Academies programme and Building Schools for the Future (BSF). Political concerns for social, econ... Read More about Policies and outcomes for UK sustainable schools.

Making Meaning Out of Mountains (2014)
Journal Article

Assemble: Built to Last (2014)
Journal Article

Review of Turner Prize winning practice Assemble

Mobility cultures (2013)
Book Chapter

Using RS, GIS systems and MPSIAC model to produce erosion map and to estimate sedimentation (2013)
Journal Article

Study area is a part of Zard Kayedrafee river watershed in Khuzestan province of Iran. Hydrological units from 1:25000 digitized maps computed by using Microstation J and Hec-GeoHMS in Arc GIS software. In addition to hydrological units, nine factors... Read More about Using RS, GIS systems and MPSIAC model to produce erosion map and to estimate sedimentation.