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Books

Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2018, The Mathematics of the Modernist Villa Architectural Analysis Using Space Syntax and Isovists, Birkhäuser

Book Chapters

Dawes MJ, 2024, 'Pattern Languages: Concepts and Applications in Design for Ageing and Design Education', in Multimodality in Architecture, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 263 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49511-3_15

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'Isovists: Spatio-visual Mathematics in Architecture', in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1419 - 1431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57072-3_5

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2021, 'Space Syntax: Mathematics and the Social Logic of Architecture', in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1407 - 1418, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57072-3_6

Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2020, 'Isovists: Spatio-Visual Mathematics in Architecture', in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_5-3

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2020, 'Space Syntax: Mathematics and the Social Logic of Architecture', in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_6-2

Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2019, 'Isovists: Spatio-Visual Mathematics in Architecture', in Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_5-2

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2019, 'Isovists: Spatio-Visual Mathematics in Architecture.', in Shririman B (ed.), Handbook of Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences, Springer Nature, New York, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_5-1

Dawes M; Ostwald MJ, 2019, 'Space Syntax: Mathematics and the Social Logic of Architecture', in Shririman B (ed.), Handbook of Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences, Springer Nature, New York, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70658-0_6-1

Journal articles

Dawes MJ; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2023, 'Intelligibility and cellularity in the villas of Palladio and Le Corbusier: examining Rowe's observations', Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 17, pp. 287 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ARCH-02-2022-0034

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2023, 'The Mathematics of ‘Natural Beauty’ in the Architecture of Andrea Palladio and Le Corbusier: An Analysis of Colin Rowe’s Theory of Formal Complexity Using Fractal Dimensions', Fractal and Fractional, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract7020139

Dawes MJ; Lee JH; Ostwald MJ, 2022, '‘Visual excitation’ in Richard Neutra's residential architecture: An analysis using weighted graphs and centrality measures', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 11, pp. 1092 - 1103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2022.05.003

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2022, 'Examining Visitor-Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas', Nexus Network Journal, 24, pp. 315 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-021-00589-2

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ; Lee JH, 2021, 'Examining control, centrality and flexibility in Palladio's villa plans using space syntax measurements', Frontiers of Architectural Research, 10, pp. 467 - 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2021.02.002

Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2020, 'The Spatio-Visual Geometry of the Hollyhock House: A Mathematical Analysis of the ‘Wright Space’ using Isovist Fields', Nexus Network Journal, 22, pp. 211 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-018-00422-3

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2020, 'The mathematical structure of Alexander’s A Pattern Language: An analysis of the role of invariant patterns', Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 47, pp. 7 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399808318761396

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2017, 'Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language: analysing, mapping and classifying the critical response', City, Territory and Architecture, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40410-017-0073-1

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Testing the wright space: Using isovists to analyse prospect-refuge characteristics in Usonian architecture', Journal of Architecture, 19, pp. 645 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602365.2014.965722

Dawes MJ; Ostwald MJ, 2014, 'Prospect-Refuge theory and the textile-block houses of Frank Lloyd Wright: An analysis of spatio-visual characteristics using isovists', Building and Environment, 80, pp. 228 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.026

Ostwald MJ; Dawes M, 2013, 'Differentiating between Line and Point Maps Using Spatial Experience: Considering Richard Neutra's Lovell House', Nexus Network Journal, 15, pp. 63 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00004-012-0134-4

Conference Papers

Lee JH; Ostwald MJ; Dawes MJ, 2021, 'Syntactical and Mathematical Measures of Visitor and Inhabitant Relations in Palladian Villas', in Williams K; Leopold C (ed.), Kaiserslautern, Germany, pp. 107 - 112, presented at Nexus 20/21 Architecture and Mathematics, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 26 July 2021 - 29 July 2021


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