The occurrence of accidents and injuries continues to be a major problem in construction worldwide. Even though accident statistics have been improving in most markets there are significant areas requiring further attention. The extent of integrated working between designers and constructors may...

This article analyses and discusses spatial conditions contributing to confidentiality in HIV healthcare facilities carried out by two non-governmental organisations in Uganda, the AIDS Information Centre (AIC) and The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO). The provision of confidential space was...

The incorporation of photovoltaic modules in the structure of a building is becoming popular. Advances in PV-technology allow today to use PV-modules in addition to an electricity production for several other purposes on a building, like for example as a roof-light, a wall-cladding or a...

The more the design of buildings becomes bioclimatically conscious, the more the behaviour of these buildings tends to become skin dominated. Double elements, much like the different layers of the skin of animals or human beings, can serve more than one purpose at the same time, such as shading,...

This paper argues that “sustainablity” will remain a peripheral architectural issue until it forms part of a contemporary architectural paradigm. The paper explores a number of approaches for relating energy and environment to the central architectural issues of form and space making.