Report # 173 : Brick Masonry Construction in Pakistan
by Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Abdul Jabbar Sangi, Adam Abdullah This report provides an overview of brick masonry housing construction, which constitutes 62.38% of the total built environment of Pakistan. Brick masonry construction ranges from typical one storey houses which are common in rural areas up to three-storey buildings (common in urban areas). Buildings of this type are generally […]
Report # 172 : Dry Stone Construction in Himachal Pradesh
by Ankita Sood, Aditya Rahul, Yogendra Singh, Dominik H. Lang The addressed building type has been identified in Himachal Pradesh, a northern state in India. It is a relatively recent construction typology, which can be seen prevalent in the areas where people have been forced to leave their traditional construction practices due to scarcity of […]
Report #171 : Mud Wall Construction in Spiti Valley
by Ankita Sood, Aditya Rahul, Yogendra Singh, Dominik H. Lang This report describes a building type found in Himachal Pradesh, a northern state in India. It is concentrated in the upper reaches of the state in the Lahaul and Spiti districts, which are located in a cold-desert area with very hot days and chilling nights. […]
Report #170: Thathara Houses in Himachal Pradesh
by Aditya Rahul, Ankita Sood, Yogendra Singh, Dominik H. Lang The addressed building type has been identified in Himachal Pradesh, a northern state in India. Nowadays, this type of construction practice can be seen for houses and temples, however, earlier photographs suggest that the same style was adopted to build palaces, bridges as […]
Report #174 : Concrete-block masonry construction in Pakistan
by Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Abdul Jabbar Sangi, Adam Abdullah This report provides an overview of concrete block masonry housing construction, which is generally found in urban areas of Pakistan. Block masonry covers 3.3% of the total built environment of Pakistan. Block masonry construction is the most common type in less developed urban areas, where clay […]
Report # 167 : Reinforced concrete buildings with masonry infills
by Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Abdul Jabbar Sangi, Adam Abdullah This report provides an overview of reinforced concrete buildings in Pakistan, which are mainly limited to urban regions of the country. Reinforced Concrete buildings cover only 7.64% of the total built environment of Pakistan. Majority of RC buildings comprise of moment resisting frames with infill wall […]
Report # 166 : Adobe houses
by Sarosh Hashmat Lodi, Abdul Jabbar Sangi, Adam Abdullah This report provides an overview of adobe housing construction, which is widely distributed all over the country. Adobe construction covers 14.6% of the total built environment of Pakistan. Majority of adobe houses comprise of single storey structures with adobe masonry walls and timber roofs with mud […]
Report #154: Assam-type House
by Hemant B. Kaushik, K. S. Ravindra Babu Assam-type houses are commonly found in the northeastern states of India. Generally, it is a single storey house; however, two-storey houses are also found at some places. The main function or use of this construction type is multi-family housing. These are generally single dwelling units […]
Report # 146: Dhajji Dewari
by Kubilây Hiçyılmaz, Jitendra Bothara, Maggie Stephenson Dhajji dewari (Persian for “patch quilt wall”) is a traditional building type found in the western Himalayas. Such houses are found in both the Pakistan and Indian Administered Kashmir. This form of construction is also referred to in the Indian Standard Codes as brick nogged timber […]
Report # 64 : Reinforced concrete frame building with masonry infills
by Polat Gulkan, Mark Aschheim, Robin Spence Approximately 80 percent of Turkey’s urban households live in mid-rise apartment blocks constructed of cast-in-situ, reinforced concrete with masonry infill. The vertical structure consists of columns 200-300 mm in thickness, longer in one direction than in the other, and designed to fit within the walls. Floor and roof […]