Because of the increasing of the scientific resources locally as well as internationally. and the
importance of the local urban heritage as one of the resources. affecting the international
urban and architectural concepts; this research deals with
a group of local urban and
architectural concepts, which have an important role in the development of the international
architecture in Arabic countries.
This research studies two important points; the first is the importance of some urban elements
and conceptions, which existed in the local old fabric of the Islamic cities. and the second is
the re-use of the urban elements to be a part of the architectural system but not the urban
system. And some local and international architects get the benefit of this reusing in their
buildings.
The above mentioned ideas may be the real reason of the prominence of the urban dimension
in the buildings.
The urban dimensions produce distinguished buildings, which are some of our studies. Where
the research shows and analyzes some of the international buildings that were built in Arab
countries. These buildings may include some of the main concepts of the urban fabric in our
countries.
This research refers to the urban concepts which are used in the formulation of the
architectural works in this research, it focuses on its importance of the architectural products,
clarifying the properties of the buildings which have those concepts, and the way they deal
with urban neighborhood, according to the importance of the urban role in its architectural
and urban formulation.
