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The Concept of Cultural Character in Public Housing Design

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Urban Public Housing in Northern Nigeria

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The value and the proficiency of architectural creations are often associated with the success that relates culture and space which are distinct to architecture. Architectural products host social activities with several challenges in their bond that lacks proper understanding and demands that complexities arising between culture and space be resolved. Truly, conflicts arising between cultural ideology and societal civilisation often lead to failures in the existing bond between architectural products and social communities.

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    Abubakar Danladi Isah

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Isah, A.D. (2016). The Concept of Cultural Character in Public Housing Design. In: Urban Public Housing in Northern Nigeria. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40192-8_1

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