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Commentary: Beauty in urban design - oppression or emancipation? (2022)
Journal Article
Araabi, H. F. (in press). Commentary: Beauty in urban design - oppression or emancipation?. URBAN DESIGN International, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-022-00202-z

In this commentary, I respond to Cozzolino’s (URBAN Des Int 27(1):43–52, 2022) recent paper titled ‘On the spontaneous beauty of cities: neither design nor chaos’ published in URBAN DESIGN International. In the last few years, the concept of beauty h... Read More about Commentary: Beauty in urban design - oppression or emancipation?.

On beauty (2022)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., Hickman, H., & McClymont, K. (2022). On beauty. Planning Theory and Practice, 23(4), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2022.2113613

“Beauty,” a term that almost defies definition, can be highly emotive in its use: more emotive, we posit, than many other commonplace terms used to frame thinking about the future of space and place. Thus, the relationship between beauty, decision ma... Read More about On beauty.

The whittling away of wonderful ideas (2021)
Journal Article
Hickman, H., Croft, N., McClymont, K., Sheppard, A., & Foroughmand-Araabi, H. (2021). The whittling away of wonderful ideas. Town and Country Planning -London- Town and Country Planning Association-, July / August 2021, 242-248

Towards a Deleuzoguattarian methodology for urban design (2018)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., & McDonald, A. (2019). Towards a Deleuzoguattarian methodology for urban design. Journal of Urbanism, 12(2), 172-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2018.1552883

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari (Deleuzoguattarian) is now widely thought to be apropos for today’s world. This paper proposes Deleuzoguattarian philosophy as... Read More about Towards a Deleuzoguattarian methodology for urban design.

Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach (2017)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., Khabazi, M., & Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2017). Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach

Urban design, like any other branch of the social sciences and built-environment studies, has developed in relation with the contexts in which it has emerged. Built environments in Iran have been constructed in a different way compared to their Europ... Read More about Assessing the effective resources of urban designing in Iran, based on the localization approach.

Schools and skills of critical thinking for urban design (2017)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2018). Schools and skills of critical thinking for urban design. Journal of Urban Design, 23(5), 763-779. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2017.1369874

© 2017, © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper explores possible ways in which urban design can engage with critical thinking and critical theory. After a brief explanation of the terms, with particular attention t... Read More about Schools and skills of critical thinking for urban design.

Multiple expectations: Assessing the assumed roles of theory in relation to urban design (2017)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2017). Multiple expectations: Assessing the assumed roles of theory in relation to urban design. Journal of Urban Design, 22(5), 658-669. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2017.1298402

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Designers take different approaches when dealing with urban problems. Some find solutions in existing theories, some rely on their creativity, and many take a middle way. The questions h... Read More about Multiple expectations: Assessing the assumed roles of theory in relation to urban design.

A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge (2015)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2016). A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge. URBAN DESIGN International, 21(1), 11-24. https://doi.org/10.1057/udi.2015.6

© 2016 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This article consists of two parts. The first part suggests a typology for urban design theories in order to provide a new way of understanding the nature and function of the, seemingly opposing, debates existing in t... Read More about A typology of urban design theories and its application to the shared body of knowledge.

Is urban design true? (2013)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H. (2013). Is urban design true?. Urban Design -New Series-, 127, 12-13

Attempting to justify and validate the discipline of urban design

Contemplating the condition of urban design's knowledge in Iran and its future challenges (2013)
Journal Article
Foroughmand Araabi, H., & khabazi, M. (2013). Contemplating the condition of urban design's knowledge in Iran and its future challenges

To make the knowledge of urban design suitable for the situation of Iran and in order to achieve vernacular urban design, besides broadening the knowledge of urban design, it is utterly crucial to evaluate today's urban design knowledge and its circu... Read More about Contemplating the condition of urban design's knowledge in Iran and its future challenges.