TY - JOUR ID - 273 TI - Lifestyle; The Neglected Element of Islamic Architecture JO - Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities JA - ISIH LA - en SN - 2008-4641 AU - Fazelian, S.M. AU - Eqbali, S.R. AD - MA in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Imam Khomeini international University, Qazvin, Iran AD - Associate Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Imam Khomeini international University, Qazvin, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 57 EP - 80 KW - empowerment KW - interdisciplinary construct KW - productivity KW - human resources KW - human welfare KW - power sharing DO - 10.22631/isih.2018.2587.2987 N2 - Islamic architecture is considered as an important and significant historical tradition. For Iranians, this tradition is more than historical and is mentioned as a part of the identity of architecture in Islamic Iran. Many theories have tried to explain Islamic architecture but could only determine a part of its coordination possibly due to their adopted methods. These theories have lost their capability of effective application because they have neglected the practical and concrete aspects (which all can be named under the title of “lifestyle”). The goal of this article is to include the concept of lifestyle in the definition of Islamic architecture, after presenting and criticizing theories mentioned in the research literature. This article emphasizes that lifestyle is the missing element of theories on Islamic architecture and that Islamic architecture can be applicable in the social life of the Iranians by including lifestyle in its definition. UR - http://www.isih.ir/article_273.html L1 - http://www.isih.ir/article_273_cd3ae73de0f327cb060c4e5a97b74458.pdf ER -