Updates
most recent first…

Amendments and additions – most recent first

rotating images

As I wrote on the first page of this site, it’s likely to be continually changing as it develops over time. Looking at other sites I’ve found I have a problem discovering what has changed since my last visit so, in an attempt to track what I’ve changed myself, I’ll make a determined attempt to keep this up to date by using this page to record each change.

However, although each reference will take you to the actual comment, when there are more than one on a single page you will be taken only to the page and will then have to look down for the amendment or addition.

The latest additions and amendments to any of the pages will be marked by a pale background – as in this paragraph. I hope this will be sufficient to mark changes and be relatively easily seen.

Date


Reference

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2008.05.10 Islamic urban design Notes and a photo have been added on the subject of expatriate housing.
2008.05.08 Islamic urban design Notes on translation and photographs have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2008.05.07 Arabic geometry
Addendum – security
A photo and note have been added relating to plant geometry and to security.
2008.05.06 Islamic urban design
Addendum – geography
Photos and notes on villas and traffic have been added to the urban design page, and on desert type to the geography page.
2008.05.05 Islamic urban design A photo and note on the Diplomatic area of the New District of Doha has been added to the urban design page.
2008.05.04 Arabic geometry
Islamic urban design
A photo and note on cosmatesque design have been added to the geometry page, and a photo and note relating to the development of old Doha.
2008.05.03 Addendum – design elements
Islamic urban design
A new page has been introduced dealing with simple principles of design. Notes on kitchens, bathrooms and laundry have been moved from the Gulf architecture page to the new page. Photographs and notes on the Diwan al-Amiri have been added to the urban design page.
2008.05.02 The Babaud and Masson families
Arabic geometry
An illustration and note have been added on William Windham, and some additions have been made on numbers to the Arabic geometry page.
2008.05.01 Introduction to the First World War battles of Bullecourt – May 1917
Islamic urban design
Notes have been added relating to the death of Andrew Lockerbie at Bullecourt, and a photograph and note on mushrabiyah to the Islamic urban design page.
2008.04.30 Addendum – old Qatar A number of photographs and additions and amendments to the text have been made with regard to old photographs of Qatar.
2008.04.29 Pressures for change
References
More notes have been added on censorship, and references to the relevant page.
2008.04.20 Islamic urban design
A photo and notes have been added on an expatriate housing development.
2008.04.19 Islamic urban design
A photo and notes have been added on nineteen-seventies buildings in Doha.
2008.04.19 Pressures for change
Notes have been added on censorship.
2008.04.18 Islamic architecture
References
Glossary
The Babaud and Masson families
Notes have been added on mosque design, a book added to the references and a word to the glossary on the Islamic design pages, and notes on Mme de Cassini, the Princes de Condé, Sir Sidney Smith and John Wesley Wright on the Cassini pages.
2008.04.14 Glossary
Gulf architecture
A number of words have been added to the Glossary, and notes to the Gulf architecture page on ceiling construction, mosques and doors.
2008.04.13 Gulf architecture
A new approach
Photographs and notes have been added to the Gulf architecture and Approach pages dealing with old buildings and external screens.
2008.04.12 Perception
Society
Additions have been made on the manner of reading and littering on the Perception and Society pages respectively.
2008.04.09 Photography
Islamic urban design
The photography site design has been updated and photographs added. Photographs and notes have been added on pastiche.
2008.04.07 Society
Islamic urban design
Photographs and notes have been added to the Society and Islamic urban design pages.
2008.04.03 Islamic urban design
Addendum – history
A photograph and note on entrance gates has been added to the Islamic urban design page and maps on the history page.
2008.04.02 Society
Gulf architecture
A photograph and notes on camels and desert life have been added to the society and gulf architecture pages.
2008.03.30 Islamic urban design
Al-Salata al-Jadida
Gulf architecture
A note and photograph have been added to the Islamic urban design and Al-Salata pages on villa and cul-de-sac design respectively, and notes and photographs on traditional construction and pedestrian routes have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2008.03.29 Addendum – history
Addendum – boats
Islamic urban design
Arabic geometry
Gulf architecture
Glossary
Addendum – security
Notes have been added to the history page, a photo and note to the boats page and to the Islamic urban design page, photos and notes to the Arabic geometry page, notes on traditional architecture to the Gulf architecture page, a word to the glossary and a little more detail to the security requirements of safe rooms.
2008.03.18 Society
Glossary
Gulf architecture
Addendum – boats
Arabic geometry
Notes and photographs have been added relating to the batula, vocabulary has been added to the glossary, and notes and photographs have been added to the Gulf architecture page on naqsh, midakhn, a’oud and awtad, on bow drills to the boats page, and on inlay work on the geometry page.
2008.03.16 Society Notes and a photograph have been added relating to new churches in Qatar, and on domestic servants.
2008.03.15 The Babaud and Masson families
Gulf architecture
Addendum – history
Notes have been added on the Marquis de Maillebois and on the construction of traditional walls, history of the Qatar Royal family and mid twentieth century architecture, together with a number of photographs.
2008.03.12 The Babaud and Masson families
Islamic gardens
Pressures for change
Notes have been added to and revised relating to the Marquis de Maillebois, to the Islamic gardens site and notes and a photo added to pressures for change.
2008.03.08 The Babaud and Masson families
Islamic urban design
A number of small additions have been made to the Babaud page, and photographs and notes added to the Islamic urban design page.
2008.03.05 Environmental control
Society
Gulf architecture
Addendum – geography
A note on carbon light development has been added to the environmental control page. Photographs and notes have been added to the Society, Gulf architecture and geography pages.
2008.03.04 Addendum – population
Addendum – geography
Greeting cards
Information has been placed relating to population and to the watering of palms, and some illustrations added in the graphics section.
2008.03.03 Society A photograph and note have been added to the society page.
2008.03.01 References
Arabic geometry
A book has been added to the reference page and a detail to the Arabic geometry page.
2008.02.25 Society A note and photograph on hospitality have been added to the Society page.
2008.02.24 Links to other sites
Glossary
Society
Gulf architecture
Addendum – boats
A link has been added on the Islamic links page, a word added to the Islamic glossary and notes written and photographs added on the use of the batula, the character of traditional mosque towers and boat construction.
2008.02.23 Battles
Glossary
Addendum – old Qatar
Islamic urban design
A number of additions have been made to the page dealing with the battles of Bullecourt, a word has been added to the Arabic glossary, and photos and commentary added to the page on old photographs of Qatar. Notes and photos have also been added to the urban design page.
2008.02.19 Glossary
Islamic urban design
Resources
A word has been added to the Arabic glossary, a photograph and notes to the urban design page, and references to the battles at Bullecourt.
2008.02.15 Design studies
Arabic geometry
References
Islamic urban design
Three illustrations have been added to the design studies page and one to the Arabic geometry page. A number of references have been added to the Islamic section. Three photos have been added to the urban design page.
2008.02.11 Glossary
Gulf architecture
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and a photograph and notes on ceiling construction.
2008.02.08 Battles at Bullecourt Notes and photographs have been added to the page relating to the battles at Bullecourt.
2008.02.06 Islamic architecture
Arabic geometry
Notes have been added on mosques and prayer, and on the significance of colour and certain numbers together with photos and illustrations.
2008.02.02 Introduction
The Babaud & Masson families
Islamic geometry.
Additions have been made to the introduction to the battles of Bullecourt and on the death of Dominique Joseph Cassini. The photo of a plant has been added to the geometry page
2008.01.28 The Babaud & Masson families
Greeting cards
Context
Additions have been made on Mme de Cassini and her husband, a card design added to the graphics pages and a number of illustrations added to the notes relating to the context of the First World War.
2008.01.26 Glossary
Environmental control
The Babaud & Masson families
Al-Salata al-jadida
Islamic urban design
Society
A correction has been made on the glossary page, notes added on daylighting of interiors and a number of additions and alterations made updating the Babaud and Masson families page. Photographs and notes have been added on culs-de-sac design, public sculptures, and litter.
2008.01.23 Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
A note and photograph have been added to the Gulf architecture page, and photographs and comment made on the urban design page.
2008.01.22 The Babaud & Masson families
Notes have been added and amended on Sir Sidney Smith and John Wesley Wright, together with small amendments on the same page.
2008.01.20 A new approach
Addendum – security
Gulf architecture
Notes have been added on the orientation of buildings, the relationship of security to landscaping, and a mosque at al-Dhakhira.
2008.01.18 References
Society
Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
A book has been added to the references page, notes added on religion and tent pegging, and photographs and notes on building design details.
2008.01.17 Islamic urban design Notes and photographs have been added on architectural and urban design.
2008.01.15 Home page Site re-designed – with the exception of the photographic section.
2008.01.14 References
Links to other sites
César François Cassini
References have been added, as well as links, and a photograph, notes and amendments made to the César François Cassini page.
2008.01.11 Gulf architecture A photograph and note on Asian toilets have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2008.01.10 Islamic urban design A photograph and note have been added to the urban development page.
2008.01.09 Islamic geometry
Glossary
Additions and amendments have been made to the geometry of plants, together with additions and amendments to the glossary.
2008.01.08 Society
Addendum – geography
A photograph and note on the qutra have been added to the Society page, and on farms to the geography page.
2008.01.07 Islamic gardens
Glossary
References
Addendum – geography
Islamic architecture
A photograph and note have been added to the Islamic gardens page, vocabulary to the glossary and acronyms to the reference page. A photo and note have been added to the geography page, and to the Islamic architecture page on mosque design.
2008.01.06 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
A photograph and note have been added to the Islamic urban design on public art, and an aerial photo and note added to the Gulf architecture page.
2008.01.05 The Age of Enlightenment
The Babaud and Masson families
Islamic urban design
Society
A page has been added to the Cassini section dealing briefly with the background to the eighteenth century in France, together with an illustration and note on Alexandre, Marquis de Pezay. Photographs and accompanying notes have been added to the Islamic urban design and Society pages.
2008.01.03 Arabic geometry The construction of a nonagon has been added to the Arabic geometry page, together with a note on ten-point geometry.
2008.01.01 Society A photograph and notes have been added to the Society page.
2007.12.31 Society A photo and notes have been added to the Society page on musicians and dance.
2007.12.30 Society
Gulf architecture
Newsletter design
A photo and notes have been added to the Society and Gulf architecture pages on hospitality and spaces, and a brief note to the newsletter page.
2007.12.29 Gulf architecture
Society
A photo and notes have been added to the Gulf architecture page and to the Society page.
2007.12.24 Society
The Babaud and Masson families
A photo and notes have been added to the Society page, and a correction made to a name on the Babaud page.
2007.12.23 Society
Islamic geometry
Photos and notes have been added to the Society and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.12.20 Society
Islamic urban design
Photos and notes have been added to the Society and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.12.17 Islamic urban design
Society
Islamic gardens
Photos and notes have been added to the Society, Islamic gardens and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.12.16 Islamic geometry
Society
Additions have been made to the Islamic geometry and Society pages.
2007.12.14 Islamic geometry
Gulf architecture
Additions have been made to the Islamic geometry and Gulf architecture pages.
2007.12.11 Introduction
Glossary
Society
Islamic urban design
Additions and amendments have been made to the notes, photographs and coding of the Bullecourt pages, additions to the Islamic glossary, and notes and photographs have been added to the Islamic Society and urban design pages.
2007.12.07 Society
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Addendum – history
Notes and photos have been added on sport, graffiti, buildings and signs on a number of pages of the Islamic design section.
2007.12.01 Islamic urban design
Society
Notes and photos have been added on signs, buildings in the centre of Doha and shopping.
2007.11.27 Pressures for change
Society
Glossary
Notes have been added on the meaning and use of hawaala, and a photograph and note on wearing the qutra.
2007.11.23 Islamic urban design
Society
Arabic geometry
Photos and notes have been added to the Islamic urban design and society pages dealing with vehicular movement, and notes and illustrations to the geometry page.
2007.11.22 Perception
References
Arabic geometry
Society
Photos have been added, a portion of notes has been re-written relating to the meaning of colour in the Gulf, additions and amendments made on Arabic geometry and Society, and six references added.
2007.11.19 Islamic urban design
Perception
A photograph, notes and revisions on night lighting have been added to the Islamic urban design page, and a diagram and notes on the perception page relating to colour.
2007.11.17 Glossary
References
A number of words have been added to the glossary page, and three books to the Islamic references.
2007.11.16 A new approach
Islamic urban design
Notes and photographs have been added on graffiti to the approach and urban design pages and transport, also on the urban design page.
2007.11.15 Society
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
A note and photograph have been added on leisure related to the desert and a note added to those on Giovanni Dominico Cassini.
2007.11.11 Al-Salata al-jadida
Society
A note and photographs have been added on housing layout and workers’ leisure.
2007.11.08 Corporate image and logos A note has been added on a logo design study.
2007.11.05 Gulf architecture A note has been amended on wall construction.
2007.11.01 Gulf architecture Notes and illustrations have been added to the Gulf architecture page relating to wind towers.
2007.10.29 Addendum – boats
Society
Islamic urban design
Glosssary
Photos and notes have been added to the addendum relating to boats, Society, Islamic urban design, and the glossary.
2007.10.28 Islamic urban design
Society
Gulf architecture
Pressures for change
Photos and notes have been added to the Islamic urban design, Gulf architecture, Pressures for change, and Society pages in the Islamic design section.
2007.10.27 References
Islamic urban design
Society
Gulf architecture
A reference and a number of photos and notes have been added to the Islamic urban design, Gulf architecture and Society pages.
2007.10.26 Society
Pressures for change
Addendum – geography
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Notes and photographs have been added on the society, pressures, geography, islamic urban design and Gulf architecture pages on a variety of subjects.
2007.10.24 Society Notes and a photograph have been added on the society page on enjoyment of the desert.
2007.10.23 Islamic urban design Notes and photographs have been added on the Islamic urban design on signing.
2007.10.21 Addendum – history
Islamic urban design
Society
Notes and photographs have been added on Islamic urban design, society and the history of Qatar pages.
2007.10.18 The Babaud and Masson families
Addendum – history
Addendum – boats
A number of notes have been added on Mme de Cassini and others, as well as to the history of Qatar and boats pages.
2007.10.12 Islamic urban design
Islamic architecture
Arabic geometry
Notes and photographs have been added to the Urban design page relating to civic sculpture, to the Islamic architecture page and to the Islamic geometry page on patterns relating to plants and paving.
2007.10.08 Society
Glossary
Notes and a photograph of dresses has been added to the Society page and vocabulary to the glossary.
2007.10.08 Glossary
Addendum – boats
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary, notes and a photograph to the boats page, notes and photographs of development on the Gulf architecture page and notes, photographs and a diagram to the urban design page.
2007.10.04 The Babaud and Masson families
Addendum – boats
Notes incorporating correspondence with Dr Roger Peters have been added on Mme de Cassini, and a note and photographs on traditional boats added to the Islamic design section of the site.
2007.10.01 Islamic geometry A photograph, drawings and notes have been added to the geometry page.
2007.09.29 The Masson and Babaud families
Gulf architecture
A note has been added relating to the Prince de Condé, and notes and photographs relating to an old door in Doha.
2007.09.27 The Masson and Babaud families A note on the importance of cartography to the French military has been added to the Cassini site.
2007.09.22 Society
Links to other sites
Notes have been added to the society page on adornment and some additional links made on the links page.
2007.09.21 Gulf architecture Notes and three photographs of the old centre of Doha have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.09.20 Gulf architecture A note and two photographs have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.09.19 Society A note and photo have been added to the Society page.
2007.09.11 Gulf architecture A photo and brief note on al-Zubara has been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.09.10 References
The Babaud and Masson families, and others
A number of references have been added to the Islamic section of the site and a note added on Dominique Joseph Cassini.
2007.09.08 Photography – Malta Photographs have at last been added to the Maltese photography area.
2007.09.07 The Babaud and Masson families, and others Additions have been made on the Babaud page and the site checked for broken links.
2007.09.05 Islamic urban design
Arabic geometry
The Babaud and Masson families, and others
Additions have been made on signage; amendments and additions made to the Babaud page, and amendments made to the Arabic geometry page.
2007.08.31 Arabic geometry Additions have been made on the geometry page.
2007.08.29 The Babaud and Masson families, and others
A new approach
Amendments have been made to the Babaud page relating to Dominique Cassini and his time in Holland, and additions made on developments in the desert to the Approach page of Islamic design.
2007.08.27 Al Salata al-jadida
Gulf architecture
Arabic geometry
References
Islamic urban design
Amendments have been made and notes added to the al-Salata page; notes on fire safety and old buildings added to the Gulf architecture page; additions made to the Arabic geometry page; a reference added, and photos and notes made to the Islamic urban design page on signage.
2007.08.17 Photos – Qatar A number of photographs have been added to the Qatar photography page.
2007.08.16 References
A new approach
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
The Babaud and Masson families, and others
A reference has been added to the Islamic section, notes and a photograph to the approach page, and notes and photographs on signs to the Islamic urban design page and on bathrooms to the Gulf architecture page. A diagram has been amended, a photo added and notes expanded on the Babaud page of the Cassini section.
2007.08.10 Addendum – design brief A new page has been added in the Islamic design section relating to the requirements of up-market residential buildings.
2007.08.03 Islamic urban design
References
Society
Notes on social spaces have been added to the Islamic urban design page and an addition made to the references page. Photographs have been added to the society page relating to the qutra and the Holy Quran.
2007.08.03 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Notes and photos on signs have been added to the Islamic urban design page; notes and photograph to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.07.31 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Notes and photos on signs and old buildings have been added to the Islamic urban design and Gulf architecture pages.
2007.07.30 Arabic geometry A note and illustrative photo have been added to the Arabic geometry page.
2007.07.27 Glossary
Design studies
Notes and a graphic illustration have been added to the Graphic studies page and vocabulary to the Islamic glossary.
2007.07.25 Islamic architecture A note and photograph on ablutions have been added to the Islamic architecture page.
2007.07.23 Islamic urban design
Design studies
Photos and a note have been added to the Islamic urban design page, and an illustration and note to the design studies page.
2007.07.18 A new approach Notes have been added to the new approach page on ventilation.
2007.07.14 Islamic urban design A note and photograph have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2007.07.08 Islamic urban design
Glossary
Notes have been added to the Islamic urban design page on signs and signing, and to the glossary.
2007.07.06 Islamic urban design Notes have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2007.07.05 References
Glossary
Islamic urban design
A reference and glossary addition have been made and notes on developments in modern architecture and on signing have been made to the Islamic urban design page.
2007.07.01 Islamic urban design
Glossary
Notes and a photo on signs added to the urban design page and additions made to the glossary.
2007.06.30 Gulf architecture
Islamic architecture
Glossary
References
Society
Corporate image
Notes on Arabic rooms and laundry have been added to the Gulf architecture page, on visibility to the Islamic urban design pages, and on shahada and use of henna to the Society page. A number of words have been added to the glossary, a reference added to references and some illustrations added on letter design.
2007.06.22 Glossary
Society
Islamic urban design
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and notes and a photograph to the Society and urban design pages.
2007.06.20 Glossary
Society
Islamic urban design
A number of words have been added to the glossary, and notes and photos to the society and urban design pages.
2007.06.17 Islamic urban design Notes and a photo have been added to the urban design page.
2007.06.16 Web design
References
Pressures for change
Society
Islamic geometry
New illustrations have been added on web design, additions made to Islamic references and notes added on doing business and related issues on the Pressures page, recruitment on the Society page and notes and photos on the geometry page.
2007.06.11 Islamic gardens
Islamic geometry
Notes have been added to the Islamic gardens page dealing with the traditional method of planting palm trees, and photos, and illustration and notes on the geometry page.
2007.06.08 Gulf architecture
Arabic geometry
Islamic urban design
Revisions have been made to the note on kitchens on the Gulf architecture page, and photos added to the geometry and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.06.07 Society A revision to the note on death has been added to the Society page.
2007.06.06 Society A note and photograph have been added to the Society page.
2007.06.05 Pressures
Glossary
A note on fundamentalism has been added to the page dealing with Pressures, and vocabulary added to the glossary.
2007.06.04 Resources References to web sites have been added to the Resources page relating to the battles at Bullecourt.
2007.06.01 Islamic urban design A note and photograph have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2007.05.30 Arabic geometry
Islamic urban design
Notes and photographs have been added to the Arabic geometry and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.05.28 Islamic urban design
Society
A note and photograph have been added on the urban design page, and notes added to the society page.
2007.05.27 Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
Battles
Notes on bathrooms have been added to the Gulf architecture page, notes and photographs on traditional architecture on the urban design page, and on the battlefield at Bullecourt on the battles page.
2007.05.24 A new approach Notes and diagrams on the manner in which light might be led into buildings have been added to the Approach page.
2007.05.22 Islamic gardens
Gulf architecture
Notes on gardening practice have been added to the Islamic gardens page and a photograph and notes to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.05.19 Islamic urban design
Links to other sites
Photographs and notes have been added to the Islamic urban design page, and links to the Links page.
2007.05.17 Society
Addendum – geography
Gulf architecture
Photographs and notes have been added to the Society, Geography and Gulf architecture pages.
2007.05.16 Society
Arabic / Islamic gardens
Environmental control
A photograph and notes have been added to the Society page, notes on watering to the Gardens page, and on carbon footprints to the environmental controls page.
2007.05.14 Society A photograph and note have been added to the Society page.
2007.05.13 Gulf architecture
Arabic geometry
A photograph and notes on toilets have been added to the Gulf architecture page and a diagram to the Arabic geometry page.
2007.05.12 Society
Islamic urban design
Pressures for change
Addendum – geography
A photograph and notes on superstition have been added to the Society page and photographs and notes relating to air-conditioners and sculptures on the Islamic urban design page. A photograph and notes has been added to the Pressures page as well as to the Geography page.
2007.05.11 Islamic urban design
References
A photograph and notes have been added to the Islamic urban design page, together with references.
2007.05.10 Gulf architecture
Society
Photographs and notes have been added to the Gulf architecture and Society pages.
2007.05.07 Islamic architecture
Gulf architecture
References
Notes have been added on bathrooms and kitchens to the Gulf architecture page, amendments made to the Islamic architecture page, and references added.
2007.05.05 References
Gulf architecture
A number of references have been added and notes added on the Gulf architecture page.
2007.05.04 Glossary
Islamic gardens
Environmental control
Notes, photos and illustrations have been added to the Islamic gardens and environmental control pages and vocabulary to the glossary.
2007.04.17 References
Glossary
Islamic urban design
References have been added and amendments and additions made to the glossary. Notes and a photograph have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2007.04.14 Glossary
References
Islamic architecture
Society
Islamic urban design
Arabic geometry
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and references to the reference page. Notes on mosque design have been added to the Islamic architecture page and notes and photos have been added to the society, Islamic urban design and Arabic geometry pages.
2007.03.30 Babaud & Masson families Notes have been added to the Babaud and Masson page.
2007.03.28 Babaud & Masson families Notes have been added to the Babaud and Masson page as the result of information from a French correspondent.
2007.03.26 A new approach Notes and diagrams have been added to the Approach page.
2007.03.25 Links
Society
Islamic urban design
Links have been added, and photos and notes have been added to the society and Islamic urban design pages.
2007.03.22 References
Society
Glossary
Two references have been added to the reference page, vocabulary has been added and notes made on the society page.
2007.03.16 Addendum – security
References
A new approach
Islamic urban design
Society
Addendum – geography
A new page has been added on security along with three new references. Notes have been made on the approach page and notes and photographs added on the Islamic urban design page. Notes and photographs have also been added on horses, the razeef and tambura to the Society page, and notes and two photographs to the geography page.
2007.03.06 Gulf architecture Notes and a photograph have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.03.05 Society
Environmental controls
Notes and photographs have been added to the society and environmental control pages.
2007.03.04 Addendum – boats Notes and a photograph have been added on the boats page.
2007.03.01 Islamic urban design Notes and a photograph have been added on the Islamic urban design page.
2007.02.28 A new approach
Society
Addendum – geography
Notes have been added on the screening of openings on the approach page, and photographs on the society and geography pages.
2007.02.26 Pressures for change
Glossary
Notes and a photograph have been added on pearling, and vocabulary added to the glossary.
2007.02.25 Arabic geometry
References
Glossary
Jean Dominique Cassini
Notes have been written on the Arabic geometry page, references made, and vocabulary added to the glossary. Notes have also been added to the page on Jean Dominique Cassini.
2007.02.24 References
Al Salata al-jadida
Two references have been added to the references page and considerable notes and photographs to the Al Salata al-jadida page.
2007.02.19 Appendix – geography Photos have been added to the geography page.
2007.02.04 A new approach
Islamic urban design
Appendix – boats
Society
Notes have been added on privacy and developing along side boundaries on the new approach page, sculpture and mall design on the Islamic urban design page, tools on the boats page and leisure on the society page.
2007.01.31 Society Notes and photos have been added on the society page.
2007.01.28 Environmental control Notes have been on conservation on the environmental control page.
2007.01.26 Environmental control
References
Glossary
A new approach
Gulf architecture
Addendum – geography
Notes have been written on dust on the environmental control page, animals on the approach page, tents on the Gulf architecture page, driving on the geography page and references have been added as have words to the glossary.
2007.01.24 A new approach
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Notes and graphics relating to developing on boundaries have been added to the new approach and notes to the Islamic Urban design and Gulf architecture pages.
2007.01.15 Islamic urban design
Glossary
Giovanni Domenico Maraldi
Notes and illustrations on sculpture and old roads have been added to the Islamic urban design page, and vocabulary to the glossary. Additions have also been made to the page dealing with Giovanni Domenico Maraldi.
2007.01.11 Gulf architecture Notes and illustrations on culs-de-sacs have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.01.08 Gulf architecture Notes and diagrams on pintle hinges have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2007.01.05 Al Salata al jadida A new page has been created and writing begun on it, and the whole of the Arabic / Islamic design area revised accordingly.
2007.01.02 Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
Appendix – boats
Islamic gardens
Society
Notes and photographs have been added to the Islamic urban design, Gulf architecture, Society, boats appendix and Islamic gardens pages.
2006.12.30 Gulf architecture Notes on pastiche and tents have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2006.12.26 Glossary
References
Links to other sites
Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
Arabic / Islamic design
Appendix – population
Appendix – history
Society
The glossary, links and references have been expanded. Notes and photographs have been added to the Islamic design, Islamic urban design, population, history, society and Gulf architecture pages and some minor css coding improvements made.
2006.12.12 Gulf architecture
Glossary
Islamic urban design
Notes on public art have been added to the Islamic urban design page, on tents added to the Gulf architectuure page, and the glossary expanded.
2006.12.10 Gulf architecture
Glossary
Islamic urban design
A new approach
Appendix – history
Notes and photographs have been added to the Islamic urban design page and vocabulary to the glossary. A number of typos have been corrected. Notes and photographs have also been added to the Gulf architecture, history and new approach pages.
2006.12.04 Society
Pressures
Glossary
Islamic urban design
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and notes and photographs added to the pages dealing with Islamic urban design, society and pressures.
2006.11.29 Society
Pressures
Arabic geometry
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and notes to the society and pressure pages. A number of meta tags have been changed or added.
2006.11.22 Society
Arabic geometry
Gulf architecture
References
Notes and a photograph have been added to the society, Gulf architecture and geometry pages and a number of references added.
2006.11.19 Islamic urban design
Society
Glossary
Arabic geometry
Addendum – history
Gulf architecture
Notes, diagrams and photographs have been added to the society, history, Islamic urban design, Gulf architecture and the Arabic geometry pages and vocabulary to the glossary page.
2006.11.13 Islamic urban design
Glossary
References
Vocabulary has been added to the glossary and references to the bibliography. Notes and photographs have been added to the Islamic urban design page.
2006.11.12 Islamic urban design
Glossary
Giovanni Domenico Maraldi
Babaud and Masson families
Web design
Notes have been added to the Giovanni Domenico Maraldi page, and corrections made to the Giacomo Filippo Maraldi site. A page has been added to the Cassini area dealing with the Babaud and Masson families. Additions and amendments have been made to the glossary and photographs and comments on the Islamic urban design page, and notes added to the web design page of the Graphics section.
2006.11.06 Islamic urban design
Appendix – boats
Society
Links to other sites
Notes and photographs have been added to the pages dealing with Islamic urban design, society and boats, and two more links added to the links page.
2006.11.04 Islamic urban design
Society
Environmental control
Notes and a photograph have been added to the Islamic urban design page, and notes to the Society and Environmental control pages.
2006.10.29 Society Notes and a photograph have been added to the society page.
2006.10.28 Society
Gulf architecture
References
Notes have been made on the society page, a reference added and notes on conservation added to the Gulf Architecture page.
2006.10.21 Perception
Arabic geometry
Society
Glossary
References
Notes and photos have been added on the perception, society, geometry, references and glossary pages.
2006.10.20 Islamic urban design Notes and a photograph has been added to the Islamic urban design site.
2006.10.15 Glossary
Appendix – geography
Notes and photographs are added to the geography page with additions and amendments made to the glossary.
2006.10.14 Links
Islamic urban design
Glossary
A new approach
Arabic geometry
Perception
Notes have been added on housing layouts to the approach page, vocabulary to the glossary, photos and notes on the Islamic urban design and perception pages, and a number of links on the links page.
2006.10.04 Gulf architecture Writing and graphics have been added to the Gulf architecture page.
2006.10.02 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Writing and photographs have been added to the Islamic urban design and Gulf architecture pages.
2006.09.30 Links
Islamic urban design
Society
Glossary
Addendum – history
Cartography
A new page – Links – has been added to the Islamic design area of the site, and notes added to the history and glossary pages. Photos and accompanying notes have also been made on the Islamic urban design, society and pages. Notes have been added on the cartography page of the Cassini family, and all the .css files altered slightly.
2006.09.27 Cartography
Islamic urban design
Notes added on instrumentation and measurement to the Cassini cartography page, and notes and photos on the Islamic urban design page.
2006.09.22 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
A new approach
Notes, illustrations and photos have been added to the Islamic urban design, Gulf architecture and new approach pages.
2006.09.17 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Notes have been made and photos added to the Gulf architecture and Islamic Urban Design pages.
2006.09.10 Islamic urban design
Society
Glossary
Gulf architecture
Notes have been made and photos added to the Society, Glossary, Gulf architecture and Islamic Urban Design pages.
2006.09.05 Islamic urban design
Society
Notes made and photos added to the Society and Islamic Urban Design pages along with amendments to the .css files of the site.
2006.09.02 Islamic urban design
Glossary
References
Environmental control
Vocabulary added to the glossary, and more references made. Notes added on medical benefits and physiology related to buildings as well as photos and notes added to the urban design page, and some graphics re-drafted.
2006.08.23 Islamic urban design
Glossary
Pressures for change
Notes have been added to the Islamic urban design page, words to the glossary, a graphic to the New approach page and small alterations made to the .css file. A new page – pressures for change – has been added to the Islamic area of the site.
2006.08.12 Introduction Photographs and text have been added to the introductory page in the Bullecourt section.
2006.08.11 Introduction
Society
Islamic urban design
Notes have been added to the introduction to Bullecourt page and, in the Islamic design area, the Society and Islamic urban design pages, along with more photographs. Small adjustments have been made to the site coding.
2006.08.07 Gulf architecture
Islamic urban design
Photographs and text have been added to the Islamic urban design and Gulf architecture pages.
2006.08.05 Photos – Qatar
Islamic urban design
A number of photos have been added in the Qatar photograpic area of the site. Six more photos have been added to the Islamic urban design page along with accompanying notes.
2006.08.01 Appendix – boats
Appendix – history
Notes have been added to the History addendum and Boats pages along with a drawing and photograph.
2006.07.30 Arabic geometry Photographs and notes have been added to the Arabic geometry page.
2006.07.28 Society
A new approach
Islamic urban design
Small additions have been made to a number of pages with more written on the Society and Approach pages as well as additional notes on the Islamic urban design page.
2006.07.18 Glossary
References
Society
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Bullecourt – Introduction
I have amended and added to a number of pages as well as altering some of the .css files on the Islamic area of the site.
2006.07.11 Glossary
References
Society
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
A new approach
Addendum – boats
Introduction
More has been written on the Islamic urban design page, a photograph added to the boats page, additions made to references and approach, and amendments and additions made to the Gulf architecture page. Small amendments have been made on the Bullecourt introduction page.
2006.06.26 Glossary
References
Society
A number of words have been added to the glossary, and references to the references pages. Notes have added to the society page.
2006.06.20 Glossary
Society
A number of words have been added to the glossary and some changes made there. More has been written on the society page.
2006.06.15 Society
A new approach
Notes on personal space and security added to the society and approach pages respectively, and most of the pages having their css and html files amended.
2006.06.06 Society
Islamic urban design
Glossary
Gulf architecture
Addendum – history
Addendum – boats
Addendum – geography
Photographs and text have been added to the pages on history, geography, Gulf architecture, Islamic urban design, society and boats, and the glossary has been added to as well as a number of small alterations made.
2006.05.30 Society
Islamic urban design
A new approach
Glossary
France
Photographs and some text have been added to the Islamic urban design page as well as to the New Approach, Geography and Society pages, the latter of which has been considerably expanded. The glossary has been added to and a few photos added to the French photography page.
2006.05.25 Society
Gulf architecture
References
Glossary
A reference has been added to and more written on family, children and play on the Society page, amendments have been made to falconry, the glossary added to, and small amendments made to the .css files.
2006.05.20 Islamic urban design Additions made to architectural examples.
2006.05.16 Gulf architecture Additions and amendments made to the note on the Pearl development.
2006.05.14 Society
Gulf architecture
History
References
Glossary
A new page has been added to the site on Society; a correction made on the history of the Al Thani and names of families added to the history page; and references and glossary items have been added.
2006.05.12 Gulf architecture
Glossary
Islamic urban design
The subject of fortified buildings has been added to and small amendments made to Islamic urban design and the glossary.
2006.05.07 Photography
Newsletter design
Added a link to my Flickr page, and wrote a little more about the use of serifs.
2006.05.06 Honourable Artillery Company
Gulf architecture
Additions have been made to the Gulf architecture page relating to the carving of naqsh panels, and to the Honorable Artillery Company page.
2006.05.03 Home
Updates
References
Gulf architecture
Amendments have been made to the .css files and small text additions to a number of pages throughout the site. In addition a method of marking updates has been added to the Updates page.
2006.04.24 Addendum – boats
References
Gulf architecture
Text and photographs added to Gulf architecture and the addendum on traditional boats, and references added.
2006.04.20 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
I have added some notes and a photo relating to the design of the Corniche sea wall.
2006.04.18 Perception
Arabic geometry
Additions have been made to the pages on Arabic geometry and perception.
2006.04.16 A new approach
Glossary
Perception
Additions have been made to the pages on approach, the glossary and perception relating to tajweed.
2006.04.12 Gulf architecture Writing and a photograph have been added to the Gulf architecture page relating to carved plasterwork.
2006.04.11 Glossary
Arabic geometry
Additions have been made to the glossary and writing on numbers added to the Arabic geometry page.
2006.04.06 Addendum – old Qatar
Addendum – geography
Islamic urban design
Additions have been made to the old Qatar, georgraphy and Islamic urban design pages together with a number of minor alterations throughout the site.
2006.03.23 Addendum – old Qatar
Addendum – geography
Addendum – history
A number of additions and alterations have been made on many of the Islamic pages, particularly the history page, and the background addendum has been split into two addenda – geography and history.
2006.02.27 Addendum – old Qatar
Gulf architecture
Glossary
References
Additions have been made to the glossary and references, the latter regarding prayer and reference books. Photographs and text have been added to the Gulf architecture and the addendum on old Qatar pages.
2006.02.23 Context
A new approach
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Writing and illustrations have been added to the page dealing with the context of the First World War. In the Islamic architecture section additional notes have been made on construction in Dubai, developing on and over boundary walls and alternative building forms for urban development.
2006.02.17 Islamic urban design
References
Glossary
Addendum – background
A number of additional notes and corrections have been made, and photographs added, relating to urban design, soils, the glossary and references.
Some reorganisation has been carried out and coding marginally improved.
2006.01.28 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
References
Glossary
Arabic geometry
Greeting cards
Additions have been made to the References, glossary, Arabic geometry, Gulf architecture and Islamic urban design pages as well as the greeting cards page of Graphic Design.
2006.01.15 Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Glossary
Additions have been made to the Islamic urban design page on attitudes to Islamic conurbations by Western visitors, to the glossary and to the Gulf architecture pages.
2006.01.12 Islamic urban design Writing and photographs have been added on the subject of pastiche and Islamic urban design.
2006.01.10 Islamic urban design
Islamic gardens
Islamic architecture
Gulf architecture
Glossary
Addendum – background
Additions have been made to the Gulf architecture page on traditional living, and a number of relatively small additions of text and photographs to the other pages.
2006.01.08 Islamic urban design
Islamic gardens
Islamic architecture
Gulf architecture
Addendum – population
Arabic geometry
Additions have been made to the Gulf architecture page on construction, the Islamic urban design page on landscaping and development, the Islamic gardens page on roads and planting, the population page on statistics, the Islamic architecture page on the waqf and the Arabic geometry page on figurative artworks.
2006.01.05 Islamic urban design
Islamic gardens
More has been written and illustrated on the subjects of sculpture, construction and Islamic gardens.
2006.01.03 Glossary
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Additions have been made to the glossary in the Islamic urban design section as well as a brief essays on gates and the rôle of hunting in the traditions of the Gulf, together with photographs on the Gulf architecture page.
2006.01.01 Islamic gardens
Islamic urban design
Gulf architecture
Text, photographs and illustrations have been added to the pages on Gulf architecture, Islamic gardens and Islamic urban design.
2005.12.28 Perception
Addendum – background
Islamic gardens
Islamic urban design
Text, photographs and illustrations have been added to Perception, the background addendum, Islamic gardens and Islamic urban design.
2005.12.27 Islamic gardens Text and illustrations added to Islamic gardens.
2005.12.26 Perception Text and illustrations on the subject of duality added to Perception.
2005.12.24 Gulf architecture
References
Text and photographs have been added to the page on Gulf architecture, dealing with Bedu weaving, and references added.
2005.12.18 Islamic urban design
Addendum – background
Context
Text and photographs have been added dealing with transportation, and additions made to the addendum on background. Additions have been made to the context page on Bullecourt.
2005.12.11 Islamic urban design
Perception
Text and photographs have been added dealing with new developments in Qatar, and additions made to the page on perception.
2005.12.06 Context Photographs and text have been added to the context page of Bullecourt.
2005.11.29 Context
References
Glossary
Environmental control
Photographs and text have been added to the context page of Bullecourt, and amendments and additions to the references and glossary of the Islamic area of the site, as well as additions on environmental controls.
2005.11.28 Gulf architecture
Islamic gardens
Islamic urban design
Photographs and text have been added to the pages on Gulf architecture, Islamic gardens and Islamic urban design.
2005.11.24 Addendum – boats Photographs have been added to the traditional craft page of the Islamic studies.
2005.11.24 Cassini family A photograph has been added and small amendments made to the family page of the Cassini family.
2005.11.06 A new approach
Gulf architecture
Islamic gardens
Perception
Environmental controls
References
Glossary
Arabic geometry
Italy
France
In the Islamic design area a new page has been added on environmental control. Additions have been made to the glossary and Gulf architecture pages and a number of amendments and additions to the pages on approach, geometry, references, perception and landscaping have been made. Photos have been added on the France site in Photography, and the Italian site there completed.
2005.10.28 A new approach
Arabic geometry
Amendments and additions have been made on landscaping to a New Approach, and on geometry.
2005.10.20 A new approach
Gulf architecture
Glossary
References
Alexandre H G Cassini
In the Islamic section, a number of additions and alterations have been made to references and the glossary, as well as to the Gulf architecture and new approach pages; and additions have been made to Alexandre Cassini.
2005.10.14 A new approach
Perception
Glossary
Design studies
In the Islamic area, more has been written on security, I have expanded on the way we read, and added to the glossary. Some studies have been added on design geometries.
2005.10.06