a collection of notes on areas of personal interest
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 |
Description |
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. |